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Gospel People | Week 2 | Faith in What? | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaFaith is TRUST... and trust is only ever as good as its OBJECT.Biblical faith is defined by WHAT IT TRUSTS, not by HOW HARD IT BELIEVES.Genesis 15:1-6 (CSB)It's not the strength of your FAITH - it's the strength of your GOD.Biblical faith doesn't DENY REALITY; it trusts a GREATER REALITY.RIGHTEOUSNESS is a DECLARATION, not an ACHIEVEMENT.Romans 4:2-5 (CSB)The RIGHTEOUSNESS God REQUIRES from us is the RIGHTEOUSNESS God has PROVIDED for us in Jesus.Romans 4:16-25 (CSB)Romans 1:16-17 (CSB)
Gospel People | Week 1 | What Grace Makes Us | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacomaεὐαγγέλιον [euaggelion /yoo·ang·ghel·ee·on/ ] Gospel = Good NewsThe gospel doesn't just change what we DO or what we KNOW; it changes WHO WE ARE.Genesis 3:15 (CSB)1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (CSB)“If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said?” - Timothy Keller | The Reason for GodThe gospel is not EARNED, it is RECEIVEDEphesians 2:8-9 (CSB)The gospel is not just INFORMATION we BELIEVE; it is IDENTITY and BELONGING
Beyond Expectation | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaPsalms 23:1-6 (CSB)John 10:14-15, 27 (CSB)Psalms 23:5-6 (CSB)God's GOODNESS is beyond EXPECTATIONGod's PREPARATION is not STINGY - it is ABUNDANTGod's PROVISION doesn't just meet NEED - it EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONPsalm 66:12 (CSB)God's PRESENCE SUSTAINS us - even when ENEMIES SURROUND usSONG- God Is So Good
Hurt and Held | Pastor Nate Birdine | Life Center TacomaLuke 8:40-56 (CSB)Luke 7:34 (CSB)Central Idea: The Pain of Life is opportunity to be close to God not push him away.The pain of life does not mean there is no presence of GodPsalm 34:18 (CSB)You can be around Jesus but never reach out2 Chronicles 16:11-14 (NLT)We are called to live a resurrected life John 20:24-27 (CSB)
Stewardship: The Freedom of Owning Nothing | Pastor Eric Boles | Life Center TacomaMatthew 25:14-30 (CSB)
Freedom in the Gap | Pastor Eric Boles | Life Center TacomaLuke 24:13-20 (CSB)Freedom FROM and freedom INThe gap is where HOPE and REALITY don't matchLuke 24:21 (CSB)Jesus REFRAMES what He doesn't immediately REMOVELuke 24:25-27 (CSB)
To the Ends of the Earth | Week 12 | Courage When It Counts | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaBeing the Church will require COURAGEActs 28:30-31 (CSB)It is easy to want the "without hindrance" ending without embracing the COURAGE required to get there.Hebrews 10:35-36, 39 (CSB)God is faithful to LEAD and PROVIDE. That doesn't mean you won't need COURAGE.Acts 23:11 (CSB)Courage to proclaim JESUSCourage to be MISUNDERSTOOD and MISREPRESENTEDCourage to maximize OPPORTUNITIES through DISCERNMENTCourage to face the STORMSCourage to SHAKE IT OFF and KEEP GOINGActs 28:5 (CSB)Where is this kind of courage found? The VOICE of JESUSActs 23:11 (CSB)Proverbs 28:1 (CSB)Deuteronomy 31:6, 8 (CSB)Isaiah 41:10 (CSB)John 16:33 (CSB)The COMMUNITY of BELIEVERSActs 28:15 (CSB)
To the Ends of the Earth | Week 11 | The Gift of Conviction | Pastor Doug Myers | Life Center TacomaActs 20:22-25 (CSB)Acts 20:36-38 (CSB)Acts 21:1-14 (CSB)Conviction, commitment and clarity are not personality types. They are fruit of a surrendered life.Conviction doesn't DEMAND agreement - it INVITES witnessActs 4:19-20 (CSB)Commitment doesn't MINIMIZE the cost - it's the willingness to COUNT AND PAY itHebrews 12:1-2 (CSB)Clarity when lived CONSISTENTLY becomes CONTAGIOUSProverbs 3:5-6 (CSB)Luke 22:42 (CSB)
To the Ends of the Earth | Week 10 | Who Are You? | Pastor Josiah Thomas | Life Center Tacoma Acts 19:11-15 (CSB)Believe in the POWER of GodActs 19:11-12 (CSB)Know the PERSON of JesusActs 19:13-15 (CSB)Matthew 7:21-23 (CSB)Respond with ACTIONActs 19:16-20 (CSB)Luke 9:23-24 (CSB)Acts 19:20 (CSB)2 Corinthians 5:17 (CSB)
To the Ends of the Earth | Week 9 | I Need All of It | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaWe will never outgrow our need to be FORMED and FILLED - and the GRACE of JESUS provides both.Acts 18:23-28 (CSB)Acts 19:1-10 (CSB)We need to be FORMEDProverbs 9:9 (CSB)We need to be FILLEDThe Holy Spirit isn't OPTIONAL... He is ESSENTIALThe grace of Jesus doesn't just "GET us in", it also "GROWS us up" and "FILLS us up"
To the Ends of the Earth | Week 8 | The Unknown God | Pastor Wes Davis | Life Center TacomaActs 17:22-23 (NLT)God is the CREATOR of everythingGod made us for a RELATIONSHIP with HimOur sin is what SEPARATES us from GodLevel 1: StrangerLevel 2: AcquaintanceLevel 3: FriendLevel 4: Close FriendLevel 5: Lifelong
To the Ends of the Earth | Week 6 | Praise in the Dungeon | Pastor Karina Torres | Life Center TacomaActs 16:16-24 (CSB)Acts 16:25 (CSB)Praise in the DUNGEON is an OVERFLOW of DEVOTION to GodPsalm 100:1-5 (CSB)Acts 2:42 (CSB)We can praise in the DUNGEON when we have SURRENDERED CONTROL to GodWe can praise in the dungeon when we TRUST HimProverbs 3:5-6 (CSB)We can praise in the dungeon when we SURRENDER our PRIDE2 Samuel 6:20-22 (CSB)We can praise in the dungeon when we FIX OUR EYES ON HIMPsalm 3:1-8 (CSB)When we praise, others LEAN IN to LISTENActs 16:25 (CSB)When we praise in the dungeon, CHAINS are BROKENActs 16:25-34 (CSB)Philippians 4:12-13 (CSB)
To the Ends of the Earth | Week 5 | The God Who Guides | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaOne thing we must settle in our heart: God KNOWS what He is DOINGGod KNOWS the PEOPLE we needActs 16:1-5 (CSB)2 Timothy 1:5 (CSB)God SPEAKS through what He has already REVEALED2 Timothy 3:14-17 (CSB)God GUIDES through both 'NO' and 'YES'Acts 16:6-10 (CSB)God CALLS us to MOVE when it's CLEAR
To the Ends of the Earth | Week 4 | What Do We Do With Disagreements? | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaSHARP WORDS don't have to write the FINAL WORDActs 15:36-41 (CSB)The TENSION: Who is RIGHT?The REALITY: Jesus' MISSION will move FORWARDThe HOPE: The story isn't OVER2 Timothy 4:11 (CSB)
To the Ends of the Earth | Week 3 | What Are You Adding? | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaThe moment we ADD ANYTHING to the Gospel, we LOSE the GospelActs 15:1-21 (CSB)The CLARITY: we are saved by GRACE alone, through FAITH alone, in CHRIST aloneThe CHALLENGE: CHRIST + ANYTHING = not the GospelThe CALL: keep Jesus ABOVE it ALLJesus above IDOLATRYJesus above INDULGENCE Jesus above INDIVIDUALISM
To the Ends of the Earth | Week 2 | Paul’s First Missionary Journey | Pastor Eric Boles | Life Center TacomaPrepare for the JOURNEYActs 13:1-3 (CSB)Declare the MESSAGEActs 13:14-41 (CSB)Understand the RESPONSEActs 13:42-52 (CSB)
To the Ends of the Earth | Week 1 | The God of the Unexpected | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaWhen the UNEXPECTED hits, the Church CLINGS to the God who can be TRUSTEDActs 12:1-11 (CSB)Unexpected PROBLEMSUnexpected PEACEUnexpected POWERActs 12:24 (CSB)
Resurrection Sunday | The Day Everything Changed | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma1 Corinthians 15:14; 17; 19-20 (CSB)The reality of THAT DAY has the power to change your EVERY DAYLuke 23:55-56 (CSB)Mark 16:1-4 (CSB)Luke 24:3-6a (CSB)What's your OBSTACLE?What's your OPPORTUNITY?In Jesus there is LIVING HOPE1 Peter 1:3-5 (CSB)The reality of THAT DAY has the power to change your EVERY DAYRomans 10:9-10
Good Friday 2026 | The Crown, The Nails, The Cross | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma"The most horrible thing that ever happened was the most wonderful thing that ever happened." -Paul TrippJesus received WHAT I DESERVED so that through Him I now receive WHAT I DON'T DESERVE.Luke 23:33-38 (CSB)The CROWNMatthew 27:27-31 (CSB)The NAILSIsaiah 53:5-6 (CSB)Luke 22:37 (CSB)“The Innocent One is treated as the guilty one in order that the guilty ones may be treated as righteous ones.” - Sinclair B. Ferguson The CROSSColossians 2:14 (CSB)1 Peter 2:24 (CSB)
Who Is This? | Palm Sunday | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaMatthew 21:10-11 (CSB)Who Is This?Jesus is the PROPHET who came TO USJesus is the PRIEST who will offer HIMSELF for usHebrews 7:22, 24-27 (CSB)Jesus is the KING who SAVES us"The gospel is not about choosing to follow advice, it's about being called to follow a King. Not just someone with the power and authority to tell you what needs to be done—but someone with the power and authority to do what needs to be done, and then to offer it to you as good news." -Tim Keller
We Are The Church | Week 12 | Good News For The Outsider | Pastor Nate Birdine | Life Center TacomaActs 10:1-16 (CSB)God is in the business of bringing ALL people to HimselfActs 10:17-32 (CSB)Genesis 12:1-4 (CSB)When you and I show partiality, God's heart is missedActs 10:22-34 (CSB)“So many Christians simply have no idea of the staggering immensity of God’s love for them and of that love’s power to transform them...” - John Mark ComerWould we break man-made barriers for God's made kingdom?Acts 10:34-43 (CSB)This is only done by the work of the Spirit
We Are The Church | Week 11 | On the Hunt | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaSaul was HUNTING the Church and didn't realize that the GRACE of Jesus was HUNTING him.Acts 9:1-20 (CSB)Grace CONFRONTS"The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and His compulsion is our liberation." -C.S. Lewis | Surprised By JoyGrace CALLSGrace CLARIFIESGrace CHALLENGESGrace CHANGES US
We Are The Church | Week 10 | Prepared For Prompting | Pastor Doug Myers | Life Center TacomaPrepared to GOActs 8:4-8, 14-17 (CSB)Acts 8:26-30 (CSB)Prepared to SHAREActs 8:30-35 (CSB)1 Peter 3:15 (CSB)Prepared for the UNEXPECTEDActs 8:36-40 (CSB)Matthew 4:19 (CSB)Prepared for THE ENDS OF THE EARTHActs 1:8 (CSB)
We Are The Church | Week 9 | The Purpose of Power | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaWhen the purpose of POWER gets confused, the destination is DISASTER.Acts 8:9-25 (CSB)The test of DISCERNMENTThe test of GLORYProverbs 16:18 (CSB)The test of POWERThe test of GENUINE BELIEFThe test of REPENTANCEJames 4:6 (CSB)
We Are The Church | Week 8 | The Cost of Witness | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaThe Gospel ADVANCED because people not only LIVED for Jesus, but also DIED for Jesus.Acts 6:8-15 (CSB)Acts 7:54-8:8 (CSB)The message of Jesus will always have OPPOSITIONSACRIFICE becomes SEEDS for SALVATIONHebrews 13:3 (CSB)PAIN and PRESSURE don't mean that God is ABSENTActs 1:8 (CSB)The WITNESS of the CHURCH moves the MISSION of Jesus
We Are The Church | Week 7 | The Church Unstoppable | Pastor Karina Torres | Life Center TacomaActs 6:1-7 (CSB)The Church is UNSTOPPABLE because GOD IS UNSTOPPABLERomans 8:38-39 (CSB)The Church was unstoppable BECAUSE IT DID NOT LOSE SIGHT of its MISSIONThe Church was unstoppable because it LEARNED TO ADAPT without LOSING ITS MESSAGEThe Church was unstoppable because it RESPONDED TO CONFLICT with WISDOM AND GRACEActs 6:1-7 (CSB)The Church was unstoppable because it APPOINTED THE RIGHT PEOPLE to THE RIGHT PLACE1 Corinthians 12:12, 17 (CSB)The unstoppable Church is MADE UP OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME, and it needs people like YOU AND ME
We Are The Church | Week 6 | Reputation and Reality | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaActs 4:31-37 (CSB)UNITY in the SPIRITGENEROSITY in HEART and HANDAUTHENTICITY in heart MOTIVATIONActs 5:1-11 (CSB)REPUTATION without REALITYDIVIDED hearts that drive DECEPTIONEmbracing HYPOCRISY while minimizing God's HOLINESSThe Gospel doesn't just change what we BELIEVE, it changes what we CLING to.
We Are The Church | Week 5 | Everyday Power | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaThe Holy Spirit EMPOWERS His church to make JESUS VISIBLE.Acts 3:1-10 (CSB)Empowered for EVERYDAY MOMENTSEmpowered for OPEN EYESEmpowered to understand what we HAVE, not what we LACKEmpowered to make JESUS KNOWNThe MIRACLE is about the MESSAGEWe are the "USED TO BE"
We Are The Church | Week 4 | Devotion is a Decision | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaOur DECISIONS shape our DIRECTIONOur DIRECTION shapes our DESTINYDevotion is a DECISIONActs 2:42-47 (CSB)No one DRIFTS into DISCIPLESHIP"The man on top of the mountain didn't fall there." -Vince LombardiDeep love for GOD'S WORDDeep CONNECTION and COMMUNITYDeep commitment to PRAYERDeep GENEROSITYDeep JOY and AUTHENTICITYDeep TRANSFORMATION on their WORLD
Today We Honor Dr. KingWe Are The Church | Week 3 | Clarity for Confusion | Pastor Doug Myers | Life Center TacomaThe Spirit empowers the Church to be a voice of CLARITY for a CONFUSED world.Acts 2:14-18 (CSB)The THREAT of CONFUSIONThe POWER of CONVICTIONActs 2:22-25 (CSB)The GIFT of CLARITY and CERTAINTYActs 2:36-41 (CSB)What should we DO?
We Are The Church | Week 2 | Not Optional | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaJesus wants His Church FILLEDActs 2:1-13 (CSB)A church positioned in PRAYER is positioned for POWERGod gives the Church a BAPTISM it NEEDSThe SOUND of PentecostThe SIGHT of PentecostThe SPEECH of PentecostFrom the START, the Church didn't EXIST for ITSELFWhat does this MEAN?Ephesians 5:15-21 (CSB)
Act: Be the Church | Week One | The Movement Begins | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaTRANSFORMED people TRANSFORM the WORLDLuke 1:1-4 (CSB)Acts 1:1-11 (CSB)JESUS is still at WORKWAITING TIME is never WASTED TIMEThe Church needs POWERThe Church has a PURPOSEThe Church has a LIVING SAVIOR who is COMING AGAIN
Grounded in Humility | Pastor Eric Boles | Life Center TacomaThe Will to Learn1 Peter 5:5 (CSB)The Will to Wait1 Peter 5:6-7 (CSB)
Born to Change the World | Week 4/Christmas Eve | The Present of Christmas | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaLuke 2:1-20 (CSB)The greatest present our hearts could ever hope for has already been provided.Good NewsGreat JoyAll PeopleChristmas isn't a story to just remember; it's a reality to embrace.The Savior that was born in Bethlehem must be born in out heart.
Born to Change the World | Week 3 | The Plan of Christmas | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaThe miracle that CHANGED the WORLD didn't arrive without CHALLENGEMatthew 1:18-25 (CSB)God doesn't AVOID the MESS, He ENTERS it.Fully trusting God's PLAN requires fully trusting God's CHARACTER.SUBMISSION to God's plan requires a SERVANT'S HEART.Luke 1:38 (CSB)Matthew 1:25 (CSB)THIS story has the power to change YOUR story!
Born to Change the World | Week 2 | The Promise of Christmas | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaLong before the world saw the MANGER, God promised a MESSIAH.Isaiah 9:2-7 (CSB)The promise came in an UNEXPECTED PACKAGEGalatians 4:4-5 (CSB)“God’s answer to everything that has ever terrorized us is a child…His answer to the bullies swaggering through history is not to become an even bigger bully. His answer is Jesus.” -Ray Ortlund, Jr.The promise has YOUR NAME on itThe promise was brought to COMPLETION through God's ZEAL
Born to Change the World | Week 1 | The "Problem" of Christmas | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaGenesis 1:1 (CSB)Genesis 3:7-9; 14-15 (CSB)Christmas is where God's DESIRE and our DILEMMA meet.The PROBLEM is REAL, but so is the SOLUTION.Romans 5:12; 18-19 (CSB)The HOPE we are looking for isn't found in SOMETHING; it is found in SOMEONE.John 1:1-5; 14 (CSB)Galatians 4:4-5 (CSB)How will we RESPOND?
Anthem | Week 3 | On Repeat | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaRepetition is the MOTHER OF MEMORY.What you repeat most in life is FILTERING and FRAMING your PERSPECTIVE.God's faithful love is seen in His CREATION and His REDEMPTION.Psalm 135:1 (CSB)God's FAITHFUL LOVE1 Thessalonians 5:18 (CSB)God is the one who REMEMBERS MEPsalm 136:23 (CSB)God is the one who RESCUES MEPsalm 136:24 (CSB)God is the one who PROVIDES FOR MEPsalm 136:25 (CSB)God is the one who RULES AND REIGNSPsalm 136:26 (CSB)Psalm 136:1-26 (CSB)
Anthem | Week 2 | Don't Forget | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaForgetting is the first long step towards spiritual disaster.We must take seriously the importance of RECEIVING and REMEMBERING the GOODNESS of God"What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." -A.W. TozerPhilippians 4:8 (CSB)Ephesians 6:11 (CSB)Psalms 103:1-14 (CSB)We all need remindersThe goodness of His BENEFITSPsalms 103:1-5 (CSB)ForgivesHealsRedeemsCrownsSatisfiesThe goodness of His CHARACTERPsalms 103:6-10 (CSB)Exodus 34:6-7 (CSB)The Goodness of His LOVEPsalms 103:11-14 (CSB)
Anthem | Week 1 | When the Praises Go Up! | Pastor Nate Birdine | Life Center TacomaBig Idea: Through Thanksgiving - we rise above the noise of SELF.Two problems in our present world:1. Focus on self - comfort, being made well, being made better.2. A heart of complaintWould we not start with comlpaint, but with thanksPsalms 100:4-5 (CSB)Our praise reminds who is in chargePsalms 100:3 (CSB)Luke 10:21-22 (CSB)"Some men live as if they made themselves; they call themselves 'self-made men,' and they adore their supposed creators." -Charles SpurgeonYou shape the culture of thankfulness in your livesPsalms 100:1-2 (CSB)
Friend of Sinners | Week 4 | The Heart of the Issue | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaThere are two ways to experience distance:Self-serving ACTIONS and self-righteous ATTITUDESJesus came to save those who are BROKEN BY REBELLION and those who are BLINDED BY RELIGION.Luke 15:1-2, 11, 23-32 (CSB)ACTIONS can take you to a distant LAND.ATTITUDES can keep you in a distant and defensive POSTURE.The Father PURSUES BOTH the BRING us in to His joy."For certain types of people, grace is not only amazing, it is also infuriating." -Kenneth BaileyProverbs 4:23 (CSB)What am I most ANGRY about?Ephesians 4:26-27 (CSB)Who do I currently RESENT that I haven't carried in PRAYER?Am I KEEPING SCORE - measuring my OBEDIENCE against others?2 Corinthians 10:12 (NLT)Is there anyone I have already CUT OFF through CONDEMNATION?Is there an ATTITUDE in me that is creating DISTANCE?Your WORST days are never so BAD that you are outside of the REACH of God's grace.Your BEST days are never so GOOD that you are outside of the NEED of God's grace.
Friend of Sinners | Week 3 | Better Than I Planned | Pastor Josiah Thomas | Life Center TacomaLuke 15:1-3, 11-24 (CSB)HIS PLAN is better than your planLuke 15:12 (CSB)Luke 15:14 (CSB)Isaiah 55:8-9 (CSB)Luke 15:19 (CSB)HIS LOVE doesn't cost you anything, but it cost Him everythingLuke 15:20-21 (CSB)"The father, in his house, clearly represents God. The best understanding of the text is to see that when the father leaves the house and takes upon himself a humiliating posture on the road, he becomes a symbol of God incarnate. He does not wait for the son to come to him but rather at a GREAT COST goes down and out to find and resurrect the one who is lost and dead." - Kenneth BaileyHIS RESTORATION isn't earned, it's freely givenLuke 15:22-24 (CSB)
Friend of Sinners | Week 2 | The God Who Rejoices | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaWhen you think about God, do you imagine Him JOYFUL?What brings God joy?God rejoices in RESTORED RELATIONSHIPLuke 15:1-2, 8-10 (CSB)Restoration required INTENTIONALITYRestoration required INTENSITYThe outcome of restoration: JOY!Zephaniah 3:14-17 (CSB)Restoration is found in REPENTANCE
Friend of Sinners | Week 1 | One is Worth It | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaLuke 15:1-7 (CSB)For Jesus, ONE is WORTH it.Ezekiel 34:1-2, 4, 11-12 (CSB)John 10:11 (CSB)Isaiah 53:6 (CSB)Our shepherd SEEKS US OUTOur shepherd JOYFULLY CARRIES US1 Peter 2:24-25 (CSB)You are so VALUABLE TO GOD!
Our DNA | Week 4 | Love Well | Pastor Doug Myers | Life Center Tacoma1 Corinthians 13:1-3 (CSB)We Reach Wide | We Build Strong | We Love WellLuke 14:15-24 (CSB)LOVE is our ORIGINJohn 3:16-17 (CSB)1 John 4:9-10 (CSB)LOVE is our IDENTITYJohn 13:34-35 (CSB)1 John 4:7-8, 19-21 (CSB)LOVE is what DRIVES usRomans 10:13-15 (CSB)
Matthew 7:24-27 (ESV)Jesus calls us to be His DISCIPLES, and then He TEACHES us howMark 1:16-20 (CSB)To become a disciple of Jesus we don't have to have a GREAT RESUME, because we SIMPLY PRESENT HISThe journey of discipleship starts with BEING IN RELATIONSHIP with JesusJohn 17:24, 26 (CSB)Discipleship is not something that is DONE TO US, discipleship is a DECISION TO ACCEPT HIS INVITATIONThe journey of discipleship is a LIFETIME PROCESS of BECOMING MORE AND MORE LIKE JESUSLuke 9:23-25 (CSB)You can't FOLLOW Jesus ALONEJesus desires that we BECOME HIS DISCIPLES and INVITE OTHERS to do the sameMatthew 28:19-20 (CSB)As we follow Jesus, we will BUILD THE STRONG FOUNDATION we need to stand strong NO MATTER WHAT COMES OUR WAY
Luke 14:15-24 (CSB)God wants HEAVEN CROWDEDBring LIFE IN JESUS to EVERY LIFE in our communities We reach wide Everything has been PREPARED There is ROOM at the TABLEJesus invites us to REACH WIDE - with the same REACH that RESCUED us
Our DNA: What Makes Us "Us" | Week 1 | It's About Life | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaWe are about LIFE, because LIFE is who JESUS is1 John 5:11-13 (CSB)Our mission is to bring LIFE IN JESUS to EVERY LIFE in our communities John 1:4 (CSB)John 10:10 (CSB)John 20:31 (CSB)We CARRY the life: I carry the life of Jesus WITH ME and IN MEGalatians 2:20 (CSB)We CARE for lives: every life in our COMMUNITIES matters to God... And if it matters to Him, it must matter to usWe CLING to the spirit: we cling to the Holy Spirit as our source - because we can't do this mission without HimEzekiel 47:1, 8-12 (CSB)John 7:37-39 (CSB)
A God of Justice | Josh Sperry | Life Center TacomaDavid was ANOINTED long before he was APPOINTED. God was shaping him in private before using him in public.Justice: Making things right according to God's character and design.Injustice: The abuse of power, the neglect of the vulnerable, or the failure to act when wrong is done.Psalms 89:11-14 (NIV)1 Samuel 17:26 (NLT)Justice begins with seeing clearlyDavid sees what others can't or won't, the vulnerable and the hurting[Ansel Adams Photo]"I just want people to see what I see" -Ansel AdamsWhat cause is the Lord calling you to stand for?Justice is rooted in God's character, not human strength1 Samuel 17:32-37 (NIV)Justice doesn't come from having power - it comes from knowing the God who defends the powerless.Injustice, by contrast, is always about power misused.Justice confronts evil courageously1 Samuel 17:45-50 (NIV)Justice happens when ordinary people walk into hard places because they know God walks with them.Justice brings freedom and writes a larger storyWhat is your cause? Are you willing?What are Goliath is standing in your way today?Are you willing to see what others are not?What is my something?How can you trust in God's character over your own strength?
Jesus is Building Something (Part One) | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaWe don't just GO to CHURCH; we ARE the CHURCH.Exodus 19:5-6 (CSB)1 Peter 2:4-10 (CSB)We have a new STATUSWe have a new RESPONSIBILITYWhen was the last time you OFFERED a SPIRITUAL SACRIFICE to God?
Jonah | Week 4 | The God Who Won't Quit On You | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaJonah 3:10-4:11 (CSB)God doesn't QUIT on Jonah even though Jonah QUIT on GodAt the HEART of our PROBLEMS we often find a PROBLEM of the HEARTProverbs 4:23 (CSB)You can OBEY with your FEET and REBEL with your HEARTGod doesn't just want Jonah to OBEY; He wants him to CHANGEGod gets the LAST WORD
Jonah | Week 3 | Mercy for the Mess | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaThe God of the Bible is a God of SECOND CHANCES."Jonah's story shows us a God who doesn't just send storms to stop us - but grace to restore us." -Tim KellerJonah 3:1-10 (CSB)Life is MESSY because SIN makes a MESSWe like to RECEIVE mercy; God loves to GIVE mercy.Exodus 34:6-7 (CSB)Psalms 86:15 (CSB)God is PATIENT, but not PERMISSIVE2 Peter 3:9 (CSB)Jeremiah 18:7-8 (CSB)Romans 2:4 (CSB)
Communion in message Jonah | Week 2 | Desperate Prayers to a Gracious God | Pastor Doug Myers | Life Center TacomaThe God of the Bible has a plan that cannot be sabotaged."God is both too holy and too loving to either destroy Jonah or to allow Jonah to remain as he is, and God is also too holy and too loving to allow us to remain as we are." -Tim KellerJonah 1:17 (CSB)God ANSWERS when we CALLJonah 2:2 (CSB)"Something happens when I pray and something doesn't happen when I don't pray." -Dick EastmanGod saves from DEATH not DARK DAYSJonah 2:1-7 (CSB)Romans 6:23 (CSB)God's COURSE CORRECTION might be MESSYJonah 2:8-10 (CSB)Psalm 139:7-12 (CSB)Psalm 145:18-19 (CSB)
Runaway | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaGod Doesn't run away from runaways 1. Jesus treated Jonah as HISTORY, not ALLEGORY2. The Bible locates Jonah in REAL TIME and SPACE3. MIRACLES in Jonah are consistent with God's POWERJonah 1:1-16 (CSB)Jonah RUNS from God's CALLJonah TRIES to run from God's PRESENCE Running from God is COSTLY We can RUN, but we can't HIDEGod CARES enough about us to PURSUE US
The Invitation | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaJesus offers an OPEN INVITEMatthew 11:28-30 (CSB)WHO does Jesus invite?Ecclesiastes 7:20 (CSB)Two dangerous lies to avoid: I'm not GOOD ENOUGH for His invitation I don't NEED His invitation WHAT does Jesus invite them to do?Jesus invites us to a CHOICE Direction: COME TO MEDirective: TAKE MY YOKEDiscovery: FIND REST"You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you."-Saint Augustine of Hippo | Confessions, Book I Chapter 1
Get Back Up! | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaProverbs 24:16 (CSB)If you've been KNOCKED DOWN, you don't have to STAY DOWN.Jesus laid His LIFE DOWN, so you can GET BACK UP.John 8:2-11 (CSB)Shame SEPARATES but grace STOOPSSomeone has to PAY; grace says it doesn't have to be YOUGrace won't CONDEMN, but it will call you to CHANGERomans 8:1 (CSB)Micah 7:8; 18-19 (CSB)
How's Your Fruit? | Pastor Nate Birdine | Life Center TacomaGalatians 1:6-9 (CSB)Galatians 5:1, 13-26 (CSB)2 Corinthians 5:17 (CSB)Accept the invitation of libertyAnalyze your own fruitAllow The Spirit to move through youPsalm 51:10 (CSB)
Rivers in the Desert | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaIsaiah 43:16-21 (CSB)What do we do with dry seasons?God is WITH YOU in the WILDERNESSGod is MAKING a WAYDry places can be HOLY PLACESGod's provision is TRANSFORMATIONALIsaiah 44:3 (CSB)John 7:37-39 (CSB)
The Backstory | Week 5 | Gold in the Seams | Pastor Karina Torres | Life Center TacomaCreation | Covenant | Chains | Crown | CollapseGod doesn't just REPAIR what's broken, He TRANSFORMS it.God entered into the brokennessGod formulated a plan of a hope and a futureJeremiah 29:11 (CSB)God created a way where we could have a deeper relationship with HimJeremiah 29:12-14 (CSB)God made a way where his spirit would dwell in usEzequiel 36:26-28 (CSB)Acts 2:1-4 (CSB)Romans 8:11 (CSB)2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (CSB)There is nothing too broken that God cannot transformOnly with God there is gold in the seams
The Inevitability of the Flood | Pastor Brandon Beals | Life Center TacomaGenesis 4:25-26 (NIV)Genesis 6:5-6 (NIV)The Flood is Coming!Genesis 5:3-24 (NIV)Hebrews 11:5 (NIV)Jude 1:14-15 (NIV)Genesis 5:29 (NIV)Ephesians 1:4 (NIV)
The Backstory | Week 3 | Chains | Pastor Eric Boles | Life Center TacomaDelivered…not yet freeExodus 14:12-13 (CSB)Connection not just correctionRomans 7:19, 24-25 (CSB)Romans 8:35-39 (CSB)The Burden of Freedom2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (CSB)
The Backstory | Week 2 | Lopsided In Our Favor | Pastor Doug Myers | Life Center TacomaGenesis 12:1-3 (CSB)God CALLSGod COVENANTSGenesis 15:1-12, 17-18a (CSB)God COMPLETES it IN CHRISTMark 15:33-34 (CSB)Isaiah 53:8b (CSB)
The Backstory | Week 1 | Where It All Started | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaHave you ever noticed how hard it is to have CLARITY when you lack CONTEXT?The Bible is one UNIFIED STORY that leads us to JESUS.Genesis 1:1 (CSB)The story STARTS with GOD, not with ME.CREATORGenesis 1:1 (CSB)CREATIONGenesis 1:31 (CSB)COMMISIONGenesis 1:26-28 (CSB)Genesis 2:15 (CSB)CRASHGenesis 3:4-7 (CSB)The GOOD NEWS starts in Genesis.God CALLSGenesis 3:8-9 (CSB)God COVERSGenesis 3:21 (CSB)God COMMITSGenesis 3:14-15 (CSB)The God who CREATES will also RE-CREATE.Ezekiel 36:26 (CSB)Jesus is the one who can TRANSFORM OUR STORY.
Does It Really Work? | Week 5 | Finding Joy In Obedience | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaJohn 14:15 (CSB)Obedience isn't LEGALISMObedience is LOVE1 Samuel 15:13-22 (CSB)Step One: LISTENStep Two: SURRENDERStep Three: RESPOND2 John 1:6 (CSB)Walking the path of obedience will not always be CONVENIENT or COMFORTABLE - but it always leads to the right DESTINATION.
Does It Really Work? | Week 4 | Does Forgiveness Really Work? | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaForgiveness isn't a FEELING“Forgiveness is granted (often a good while) before it is felt—not felt before it is granted. It is a promise to not exact the price of sin from the person who hurt you." "If you wait to feel it before you grant it, you’ll never grant it; you’ll be in an anger prison.” -Tim Keller Colossians 3:12-13 (CSB)For a Jesus follower, FORGIVENESS isn't OPTIONALForgiveness is HARD WORK because it is HEART WORKMatthew 18:21-35 (CSB)Forgiveness is not the same as RESTORATIONAmos 3:3 (CSB)The PRICE of forgiveness is FREE and the PRODUCT of forgiveness is FREEDOM“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” -Tim Keller
Does It Really Work? | Week 3 | Does Prayer Really Work? | Pastor Tasha Myers | Life Center TacomaPrayer moves mountains and prayer moves mePRAY: Praise. Repent. Ask. Yield.Prayer builds relationshipMatthew 7:7-8 (CSB)Paradigm of prayer: request vs. relationshipPrayer builds faith and prayer builds trustMark 11:23-25 (CSB)Prayer doesn't change God, it changes meMatthew 6:5-15 (CSB)Prayer is a heart FOR HIM, not what I can get FROM HIM.“Prayer is a steady state of awareness of Father, Son and Spirit creating a constant seamless union with heart and mind with the almighty that shifts earthly perspective, plans and purposes as heaven becomes visible on earth.” - Louie Giglio
Does It Really Work? | Week 2 | Does The Church Still Work? | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaMatthew 16:18 (CSB)Matthew 28:18-20 (CSB)Our Mission: Bring life in Jesus to every life in our communities.The Church is HOPE for a HURTING worldTwo ways the Church "Doesn't Work"...When it becomes CONTENT we CONSUME but not a CALLING we LIVEJames 1:22 (CSB)Two ways the Church "Doesn't Work"...When we improperly elevate our INDIVIDUALITY above our calling to CONNECTION and BIBLICAL COMMUNITYThe Church is a collection of IMPERFECT people, RESCUED by a perfect God, CALLED to join His mission as He continues to GROW and TRANSFORM them.Acts 2:42-47 (CSB)The Church is a BRIDE we are BECOMINGThe Church is a BODY we BELONG toThe Church STILL WORKS because Jesus is STILL AT WORK
Does It Really Work? | Week One | Does God's Love Really Work? | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaJohn 3:16-17 (CSB)God's love for you is not GENERIC. God's love for you is SPECIFIC.God's love APPLIES to you and it must be APPLIED to youEphesians 3:16-21 (CSB)God's love is CONSISTENT even when life ISN'T.Romans 5:8 (CSB)
Easter Sunday | What Are You Looking For? | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaWHAT are you looking for?WHERE are you looking?Luke 23:55-24:12 (CSB)You'll never find LIFE among DEAD things“If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said. If he didn’t, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether you like his teaching, but whether he rose from the dead.” -Tim KellerOur NEED is real, but so is our SOLUTION.Our HOPE is ALIVE, because our GOD is ALIVE.1 Corinthians 15:14, 19-20 (CSB)“But many people today assume that Christianity is one or more of these things – a religion, a moral system, a philosophy. In other words, they assume that Christianity is about advice. But it wasn’t and isn’t. Christianity is, simply, good news. It is the news that something has happened as a result of which the world is a different place.” -N.T. Wright
Good Friday | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaGood Friday was for you.In the garden Jesus SURRENDERED for youMatthew 26:36-46 (CSB)At the whipping post, Jesus SUFFERED for youJohn 19:1-6; 15-16 (CSB)On the cross, Jesus DIED for youJohn 19:16b-19; 28-30 (CSB)
Palm Sunday 2025 | Let's Face It | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaZechariah 9:9, 16 (CSB)Jesus' love led Him to FACE our FAILURE, not FLEE from itMatthew 21:1-11 (CSB)He faced it with HUMILITYMark 11:15-18 (CSB)He faced it with AUTHORITYMark 14:12-19 (CSB)He faced it with CLARITY
Worship Is War | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma2 Chronicles 20:1-4; 12; 15; 17-19; 21-22 (CSB)2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (CSB)Our WORSHIP is a WEAPON.Ephesians 6:10-12 (CSB)You're engaged in a BATTLE"An idol is something that we look to for things that only God can give." -Timothy KellerThe ENEMY HATES when the church worships in UNITYWorship DECLARES our VICTORIOUS God over every CIRCUMSTANCEActs 16:25-26 (CSB)
Clear the Confusion | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaRomans 1:16-17 (CSB)Colossians 2:6-15 (CSB)The Gospel isn't about moving me from BAD TO GOOD, It's about moving me from DEAD TO ALIVE.Right standing is not something we ACHIEVE, right standing is something we RECEIVE.Ephesians 2:8-9 (CSB)You SHOULDYou CANJesus DIDRomans 5:21 (CSB)
Heart to Heart | Week 5 | A Heartfelt Prayer | Pastor Tyler Schaefer | Life Center TacomaDo you ever WONDER if you are going to MAKE it?On His WAY to DIE for you, Jesus STOPPED to PRAY for you3 Prayers to Pray from the Heart:1. God, be GLORIFIED through MEJohn 17:1-5 (CSB)ETERNAL living begins before ARRIVAL in HEAVENThe GLORY of God must become the top PRIORITY of your life2. God, PROTECT my heart from TURNING awayJohn 17:6-19 (CSB)Opposition, difficulty and temptation is INEVITABLEIf God has BROUGHT you OUT of it, don't JUMP back in it3. God, KEEP my heart in UNITY with yoursJohn 17:20-23 (CSB)Biblical UNITY is everyone SUBMITTING to a single VOICEWhen our hearts ALIGN with God's, DIVISION FADES and PURPOSE RISES
A Heart That Has Clarity | Pastor Eric Boles | Life Center TacomaClarity of the Spirit John 16:13 (CSB)Clarity of our PeaceJohn 16:33 (CSB)
Heart to Heart | Week 3 | Are You In? | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaConnection with Jesus brings LIFE and evidence of that life is FRUITJohn 15:1-8 (CSB)John 14:20 (CSB)Is my LIFE in JESUS?Is Jesus' LIFE in ME?DEPENDING on JesusDRAWING upon JesusDEVELOPING through Jesus
Heart to Heart | Week 2 | Hope for Troubled Hearts | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaJesus offers HOPE for every troubled HEARTJohn 14:1 (CSB)"What is the problem for a troubled heart? This: the circumstances that threaten us seem bigger and stronger than our resources to cope." - Sinclair FergusonA PLACE PREPAREDJohn 14:1-7 (CSB)His PRESENCE PROMISEDJohn 14:15-21; 26 (CSB)His PEACE PROVIDEDJohn 14:27 (CSB)
Heart to Heart | Week 1 | Dirty Towels, Clean Feet | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaJesus wants to CULTIVATE His HEART inside of usJohn 13:1-17 (CSB)Philippians 2:5-9 (CSB)Am I WILLING?Are they WORTHY?The blessing doesn't come from the KNOWING but with the DOING.Jesus doesn't just give us the PATTERN; He also gives us the POWERJohn 13:34-35 (CSB)
The Generous Life | Week 3 | God's Generosity Mission | Pastor Doug Myers | Life Center TacomaPaul Tripp QuoteLuke 14:27-30, 33 (CSB)Matthew 19:21-22 (CSB)More than your MONEYMore than OBEDIENCEMark 14:3-9 (CSB)More than you can AFFORDPaul Tripp Quote
The Generous Life | Week 2 | God Math | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaMath is NATURALGod math is SUPERNATURAL2 Corinthians 9:6-12 (CSB)"In the Old Testament, tithing was a floor, not a ceiling. If we have received more of God's grace in the New Testament, should we be giving less?" -Tim KellerTithing TRAINS our HEARTS to TRUSTDeuteronomy 8:11-18 (CSB)An open HAND starts with an open HEARTProverbs 3:9 (CSB)"Tithing should not be treated as a tax levied by God, but as an opportunity to align our hearts with His generosity." -Dallas Willard90% with God's BLESSING is always better than 100% in my own WISDOMMalachi 3:10 (CSB)Tithing is not an issue of SALVATION, but it is an indicator of SURRENDER
The Generous Life | Week 1 | What's Your Money Mindset? | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaHow you SEE money will influence how you STEWARD money.Luke 14:28-30 (CSB)What is my money MINDSET?What is my money MANAGEMENT?What is my money MINDSET?God is the OWNER, I am the STEWARDPsalm 24:1 (CSB)Matthew 25:14-30 (CSB)Money is a good TOOL but a horrible MASTERProverbs 22:7 (CSB)Matthew 6:24 (CSB)Longterm HEALTH is more important than instant GRATIFICATIONProverbs 13:22 (CSB)Haggai 1:5-6 (CSB)What is my money MANAGEMENT?1 Corinthians 4:2 (CSB)BIBLICALLY budgetProverbs 27:23 (CSB)SPEND less than you MAKELeviticus 19:9-10 (CSB)Attack DEBTProverbs 22:7 (CSB)Romans 13:8 (CSB)SAVEProverbs 21:20 (CSB)HONOR and TRUST God through it allProverbs 3:5-6, 9 (CSB)
Better Than I Imagined | Week 4 | Called Out | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaAm I FOLLOWING Him?Following Jesus is far more than CHURCH ATTENDANCE and CASUAL COMMITMENTMatthew 4:17-22 (CSB)We TRUSTWe TURNWe TELLWhen Jesus CALLS you out, You're CALLED to CALL out to others
Hebrews 10:19-22 (CSB)UNDERSTANDING and APPLYING what Jesus has accomplished for you paves the way for transformational prayer lifeThe security of BEING NEAR begins with DRAWING NEAR“You cannot banish me for this world is my father’s house.” “But I will slay you,” said the Emperor. “No, you can not,” said the noble champion of the faith, “for my life is hid with Christ in God.” “I will take away your treasures.” “No, but you can not for my treasure is in heaven and my heart is there.” “But I will drive you away from man and you shall have no friend left.” “No, you can not, for I have a friend in heaven from whom you can not separate me. I defy you, for there is nothing you can do to hurt me.” -John ChrysostomWhen you SHIFT what you THINK about prayer it will SHAPE what you DO with prayer5 Shifts In How You Think About Prayer:GIFT not GUILTPRESENCE not PRESSURE CONNECTION not CONDEMNATIONALIVE not ABSTRACT MYSTERY not MISERY
Better Than I Imagined | Week 2 | "1, 2, 3, Eyes On Me" Focus For Your Faith | Pastor Doug Myers | Life Center Tacoma Hebrews 12:1-2; 11-13 (CSB)Life with Jesus is better than I imagined - when we keep our focus1 Kings 18:43-46; 19:1-8 (CSB)Jesus invites us to THRIVE, not just SURVIVE1 Kings 19:9-13 (CSB)Storms AROUND YOU don't have to create storms WITHIN YOU Psalms 46:1-3 (CSB)Luke 5:15-16 (CSB)God is often found in the STATIC not the FRANTICHelp for your focus:-Start small-Be consistent -Eliminate distractions-Choose the right tools-Come with expectation
Better Than I Imagined | Week 1 | Get Ready to Feast | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaActs 13:1-4 (CSB)Fasting positions our HEARTS to HEAR and READIES our lives to REACT to the Holy Spirit's leading.Matthew 6:16-18 (CSB)WHY you fast is more important than WHAT you fast.Romans 12:1-2 (CSB)Fasting is spiritual FEASTINGFasting reminds our APPETITES that they are not in CONTROLFasting breaks us out of our ROUTINES and RENEWS us spirituallyFasting brings BREAKTHROUGH
Training for Transformation | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaMatthew 6:33 (CSB)HOPES FULFILLED are often connected to HABITS ENGAGED.We don't "TRY" our way to a stronger life with Jesus, we "TRAIN".1 Timothy 4:7-8 (CSB)“…the life of someone who engages Scripture four or more times a week looks radically different from the life of someone who does not. In fact, the lives of Christians who do not engage with the Bible most days of the week look no different from the lives of non-believers.” -Center For Bible Engagement Luke 11:1 (CSB)Romans 12:1-2 (CSB)Set a TIME, a PLACE, and a PLANStart SIMPLE and HONEST"Lay before Him what is in us, not what ought to be in us." -C.S. LewisBe fully PRESENT and AVAILABLEFocus on the RELATIONSHIP, not the CHECKLIST"Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together." -Dallas Willard“How do you take the life of salvation into your ordinary, daily lives? You pray. In salvation God makes himself personally present to us; in prayer we respond by making ourselves personally present to God…prayer cultivates the daily intimacy of salvation.” -Eugene Peterson
With Us | Week 4 | Led By The Light | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma3 Important questions to know the answer to:1. Where is your JOURNEY leading you? (DIRECTION)2. What is it you are LOOKING for? (DISCOVERY)3. What is it you are LIVING for? (PURPOSE)Matthew 2:1-16 (CSB)The LIGHT of the world is still DRAWING people to HIMSELFJohn 8:12 (CSB)Numbers 24:17 (CSB)Light brings CLARITY Psalms 118:5 (CSB)Light brings COMFORT Matthew 4:16 (CSB)Light brings CONFIDENCE Psalms 37:23 (CSB)RESPOND to the LIGHT: COME let us ADORE him
With Us | Week 3 | A Journey to Joy | Pastor Tyler Schaefer | Life Center TacomaLuke 2:8-20 (CSB)When life is COMPLEX to you, it is CLEAR to GodThe FULLNESS of the GOSPEL is to be PROCLAIMED to all peopleOne EXTRAORDINARY moment can change an ORDINARY lifeThe good news didn't change CIRCUMSTANCES, but it did change their HEARTThe JOY of HEAVEN can now LIVE in me
The PLAN of God isn't always COMFORTABLEMatthew 1:18-25 (CSB)DISAPPOINTMENT and DIFFICULTY don't have the final WORDFEAR wants to ROB what GOD wants to DIRECT OBEDIENCE will never be the wrong RESPONSE
Luke 1:26-38 (CSB)You can BELIEVE God's PLAN even BEFORE you UNDERSTANDEven in the IMPROBABLE, nothing is IMPOSSIBLEFaithful people say YES to God even before they fully UNDERSTANDGod's plans are ALWAYS better than our plans for OURSELVESIsaiah 55:8-9 (CSB)"Belief is not simply a function of the brain. No, it's an investment of the heart that fundamentally changes the way that you live." -Paul Tripp
James 5:13-20 (CSB)Prayer is always the RIGHT ANSWERSpiritual health requires PRAYERFUL COMMUNITY"Sin demands to have a man by himself. It withdraws him from the community. The more isolated a person is, the more destructive will be the power of sin over him." -Dietrich Bonhoeffer1 Peter 5:8 (CSB)Your prayer MAKES A DIFFERENCE"The little estimate we put on prayer is evident from the little time we give to it." -E.M. BoundsPrayerfully LOOK OUT for one another
Wisdom for the Walk | Week 7 | Are We There Yet??? Lessons On Patience | Pastor Doug Myers | Life Center TacomaJames 5:7-11 (CSB)James 5:7-8a (CSB)Committed beyond your controlJames 5:8b-9 (CSB)James 5:10 (CSB)Steadfast through the strugglesHebrews 11:32-38 (CSB)James 5:11 (CSB)Enduring for His end
James 3:17-4:11 (CSB)When SELF is the ROOT, CONFLICT will be the FRUITThe Issue: Disordered DESIREJames 3:17-4:5 (CSB)The Hope: GRACE to DRAW NEARJames 4:6, 8 (CSB)The Strategy: SUBMIT and RESISTJames 4:7 (CSB)The Choice: Be HUMBLE before God or be HUMBLED before GodJames 4:10 (CSB)
Wisdom for The Walk | Week 5 | Danger of The Tongue | Pastor Karina Torres | Life Center TacomaThe Tongue is DISPROPORTIONALLY DANGEROUSProverbs 18:21 (CSB) The tongue is inherently EVIL James 3:8 (CSB) The tongue is HYPOCRITICALJames 3:9-12 (CSB)Matthew 15:17-18 (CSB)James 3:13-18 (CSB) What comes out of the tongue is DIRECTLY LINKED to the CONDITION OF OUR HEARTWe need God to change OUR HEARTS so that our tongue CAN BE ALIGNED WITH GODThe realization of how much our heart needs healing is linked to our PROXIMITY WITH OUR HEAVENLY FATHERIsaiah 6:1-8 (CSB) When we draw near to God we enter into his PROCESS of healingThe process is SLOW but the fruit is RIGHTEOUSNESS SOWN IN PEACEJames 3:18 (CSB)
Wisdom for the Walk | Week 4 | The Fruit of Faith | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaWhat is the PULSE of your FAITH?James 2:14-23, 26 (CSB)When your faith is alive, it is more than FEELINGWhen your faith is alive, it's not just BELIEFJohn 6:29 (CSB)Ephesians 2:8-10 (CSB)When your faith is alive, fruit is not OPTIONAL it is INEVITABLEMatthew 7:20 (CSB)"You're saved by faith, not fruit; but you're never saved by fruitless faith." -Tim Keller
Wisdom for the Walk | Week 3 | The Problem of Looking Down | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaJames 1:27-2:13 (CSB)There is no room for those who have been LIFTED UP by Jesus to LOOK DOWN on others"A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you." -C.S. LewisINCONSISTENT with the gospelILLUMINATION of a heart issuePsalm 19:14 (CSB)1 Samuel 16:7 (CSB)IGNORES the mercy that lifted us1 Corinthians 1:26-29 (CSB)
Wisdom for the Walk | Week 2 | The Test of Perspective | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaJames 1:16-18 (CSB)REMEMBERING God's goodness RESETS our perspectiveCLARIFIES our ultimate SECURITY and SIGNIFICANCEJames 1:9-12 (CSB)CAUTIONS us in our TEMPTATIONSJames 1:13-15 (CSB)CALLS us to LISTEN, but not only LISTENJames 1:19-27 (CSB)Luke 6:46 (CSB)John 14:15 (CSB)
Eric BolesWisdom for the Walk- Joy in trials James 1:1-2 What trial are you facing right now? James 1:3-4 What is this trial producing in you?James 1:5-8
Credo | Week 7 | What We Believe About The Second Coming of Jesus | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaActs 1:9-11 (CSB)Jesus not only ROSE from the dead, but Jesus will RETURN to set all things right.We believe that Jesus followers who have died will be reunited with those still alive at the second coming of Jesus Christ. This event will be followed by the millennial reign of Jesus, a final judgment, and the appearance of a new heaven and a new earth. (1 Thess. 4:16—17; Rev. 20:1—6; Rev. 20:11—15; Rev. 21; Rev. 22) Jesus is COMING AGAIN"If we live radically for Jesus now we will be prepared to stand no matter what other tests we face." -Craig KeenerLive READY, but not AFRAIDMatthew 24:44 (CSB)The END is not the ENDYou will give ACCOUNTRevelation 20:11-15 (CSB)What we do is ETERNALLY IMPORTANTRevelation 21:3-6 (CSB)
CREDO | Week 6 | What We Believe About Healing | Pastor Karina Torres | Life Center TacomaIt is in God's nature to healMatthew 4:23-24 (CSB)John 21:25 (CSB)Healing is provided through Jesus' work on the crossIsaiah 53:4-5 (CSB)God's healing is wholesomeGod calls us to pray for healingJames 5:13-16 (CSB)Although God heals, God does not heal everyone all the timeEven if He doesn't heal me, God is still good, powerful and faithfulEven if He doesn't heal me, God is near and knows my painIsaiah 41:10 (CSB)Even if He doesn't heal me, He understands my pain because He lived itHebrews 2:17 (CSB)Isaiah 53:3 (CSB)Even if He doesn't heal me now, He will heal me when I meet Him one dayRevelations 21:4 (CSB)Acts 19:11-12 (CSB)Romans 8:18 (CSB)Philippians 3:7-10 (CSB)
Credo | Week 5 | Preparing for Revival | Pastor Don Ross | Life Center TacomaIsaiah 43:16-21 (NIV)Big Idea: We can awaken a hunger for the reality of God.1. The Great Awakening, 1734-1743.“It pleased God to display his free and sovereign mercy in the conversion of a great multitude of souls in a short space of time, turning them from a formal, cold and careless profession of Christianity, to the lively exercise of every Christian grace, and the powerful practice of our holy religion.” -Jonathan Edwards2. The Second Great Awakening, 1800-1840.3. The Businessmen's Revival, 1857-1858.4. The Civil War Revival, 1861-1865.5. The Urban Revivals, 1875-1885.6. The Revivals of 1905-1906.7. The Azusa Street Revival, 1906.[Picture of Vereide half slide]8. The Post-World War II Awakening.9. The Charismatic Renewal and Jesus Movement.10. The Mid-1990s Revivals.Isaiah 43:18-19 (NIV)Isaiah 43:20-21 (NIV)Matthew 5:6 (NIV)10 Characteristics of Spiritual Revival1. Timing2. Prayer3. The Word4. The Holy Spirit5. Conviction6. Glory for God7. Reformation and Renewal8. Manifestations9. Messy10. CyclicalToday, Christianity is PREVALENT but NOT POWERFUL. The solution is spiritual revival and awakening.2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV)[Picture of Finney half slide]2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV)Questions for you...-Are you willing to humble yourself and pray?-Are there wicked ways you need to turn from?-Is there a sin you need to be forgiven?-Are you willing to hunger and thirst after righteousness?
Credo | Week 4 | What We Believe About Humanity & Salvation | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaHumanity was CREATED GOODGenesis 1:26-28, 31 (CSB)Humanity was created as IMAGE BEARERSHumanity CHOSE REBELLION against a good GodHumanity is UNABLE to UNDO what sin has doneThe story doesn't stop with our SIN, because God has provided the SOLUTION.Romans 5:12, 19 (CSB)Jesus has done for ME what I can't do for MYSELF.Face REALITYEmbrace GRACEEphesians 2:8-9 (CSB)“So then, whether we are condemned or justified, whether we are spiritually alive or dead, depends on which humanity we belong to—whether we still belong to the old humanity initiated by Adam, or to the new humanity initiated by Christ.” -John Stott
What We Believe About The Holy Spirit | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaHoly Spirit Empowerment isn't a LUXURY - It's a NECESSITYGarden - Tabernacle - Temple - Us1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19-20 (CSB) Acts 1:8 (CSB) Acts 19:1-6 (CSB) Ephesians 5:18 (CSB) Holy Spirit is GOD Genesis 1:1-2; Acts 5:3-4 Holy Spirit is a PERSON and PERSONAL John 15:26 Holy Spirit FILLS and DWELLS 1 Corinthians 3:16 Holy Spirit EMPOWERS Acts 1:8 Holy Spirit gives GIFTS 1 Corinthians 12:7 Holy Spirit can be QUENCHED and GRIEVED Ephesians 4:30 Holy Spirit filling is both INITIAL and ONGOING Ephesians 5:18 Holy Spirit leads us into TRUTH John 14:26; 16:13 Holy Spirit confirms our STANDING Romans 8:16 Holy Spirit is our second ADVOCATE John 14:16 How do I grow deeper in my relationship with the Holy Spirit?Daily welcome the Holy Spirit to SPEAK and WORKJohn 14:26 (CSB) Acts 1:8 (CSB) Pursue and invite an ONGOING FILLING Ephesians 5:15-18 (CSB)Jeremiah 12:13 (CSB) Align with the NEW HEART that he wants to create in you Ezekiel 36:26-27 (CSB)
CREDO | Week 2 | What We Believe About God | Pastor Doug Myers | Life Center TacomaOur Statement of Faith About God:We believe there is one God who is the Creator and the Leader of the universe. He eternally exists in three persons: the Father (God), the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit. -Genesis 1:1; Matthew 28:19The God of the Bible is ONE God!Genesis 1:1 (CSB)John 1:1-5 (CSB)The God of the Bible is GOOD!Exodus 34:5-6 (CSB)The God of the Bible is PERSONAL!Hebrews 1:1-3 (CSB)We Believe:1. There is ONE God2. God is CREATOR of heaven & earth, and REDEEMER of mankind3. God is GOOD4. God is ALL POWERFUL, ALL KNOWING, and EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME5. God is PERSONAL and DESIRES TO BE KNOWN6. God is ETERNALLY EXISTENT7. God EXISTS IN THREE PERSONS: FATHER, SON, and HOLY SPIRIT
What you BELIEVE about the BIBLE has IMPLICATIONS.John 5:39-40 (CSB)Luke 24:44 (CSB)Life Center's Statement of Faith On What We Believe About the Bible:We believe that the entire Bible is the inspired, infallible, and inerrant Word of God and that the authors were moved by the Spirit to write the books of Scripture. The words of the Bible are the primary source for teaching and equipping Christians for a life of righteousness. (2 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Timothy 3:16-17) We can believe the importance of scripture in PRINCIPLE, and still not experience its POWER.The Bible is INSPIRED.2 Timothy 3:16-17 CSBThe Bible is AUTHORITATIVE.2 Peter 1:20-21 CSBThe Bible is ALIVE.Hebrews 4:12 CSB"Simply put, we cannot truthfully say we are followers of Jesus if we neglect or refuse to obey what the Bible tells us, or if we use it in self-serving ways that are not what God originally intended."-Ray Lubeck, “Reading the Bible for a Change”
Confession & Comfort | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaForgiveness is the FOUNDATION of FELLOWSHIP.-Psalm 51:1-4; 6-7; 10-12; 14-17 (CSB)We pray like SIN is SERIOUS."So every sin is cosmic treason - it is overthrowing the rule of the one to whom you owe everything."- Tim KellerWe pray like GOD is GRACIOUS. -Psalm 103:8-10 (CSB)-Colossians 2:14 (CSB)We pray like CONFESSION renews CONNECTION.-1 John 1:9 (CSB)We pray with CONFIDENCE in His COMFORT.-Psalm 23 (CSB)
Don't Forget | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaGratitude grows as we RECEIVE and REMEMBER the GOODNESS of GodPsalm 103:1-14 (CSB)The goodness of His BENEFITSPsalm 103:1-5 (CSB)The goodness of His CHARACTERPsalm 103:6-10 (CSB)Exodus 34:6-7 (CSB)The goodness of His LOVEPsalm 103:11-14 (CSB)
Unshakable Hope | Pastor Doug Myers | Life Center TacomaRomans 8:28 (CSB)Love is our PRIORITYMatthew 22:37-38 (CSB)PURPOSE is our road mapPERSPECTIVE is our compassJohn 15:1-2 (CSB)PATIENCE IN THE PROCESS is the vehicle to get you throughGalatians 5:22-23 (CSB)
Take On His Rest | Pastor Nate Birdine | Life Center TacomaMatthew 11:28-30 (CSB)Matthew 11:28-30 (MSG)All of us are invited into restTrade in the heavy for the lightIntentionally create spaces for holy pauses
Walk the Walk | Pastor Josiah Thomas | Life Center TacomaActs 3:1-10 (CSB)#1. Walk with eyes openActs 3:3-4 (CSB)#2. Walk in authorityActs 3:5-6 (CSB)#3. Walk in faithActs 3:7 (CSB)Acts 3:8-9 (CSB)
What If Jesus Was Serious | Week 6 | Apply It | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaIf Jesus was serious... we won't just ADMIRE His teaching, we will APPLY it.Matthew 4:23-25 (CSB)Matthew 7:24-29 (CSB)Jesus' words aren't just ADVICE; they have AUTHORITYI must have a PRACTICED faith, not just a PROFESSED faithI am STRUCTURED to endure the STORMSJames 1:22-25 (CSB)
What If Jesus Was Serious? | Week 5 | Freedom From Worry | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaEcclesiastes 5:10 (CSB)If Jesus was serious... He is our SECURITY.If Jesus is our security... we can experience FREEDOM from worry.Matthew 6:19-34 (CSB)The PURSUIT of POSSESSIONSThe BLINDING of MATERIALISMThe DOUBT of God's POWER to PROVIDETRANSFORM to a SPIRIT-LED heart instead of a "STUFF" led heartTAKE ACCOUNT of what you are TRULY SERVINGTRUST God's POWER to PROVIDEThe Mathematics of Worry:Worry ADDS nothingWorry SUBTRACTS your faithWorry MULTIPLIES anxietyWorry DIVIDES life
Message Title - It’s Time…2 Samuel 9:3-7 CSBYou can’t find your way if you don’t have his wordYour location doesn’t determine your identity Don’t lower the bar by settling in Lo-debarDon’t get stuck where you were dropped The posture of your heart will determine your place in the palace There is a place for you at the King’s TableDon’t give the enemy a seat at this table Isaiah 61:1-3 CSB He broke you out to bring you to your breakthrough Come back to the table
What if Jesus Was Serious | Week 4 | Out of the Ordinary | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaMatthew 5:38-48 (CSB)If Jesus was serious... then ORDINARY should not be our STANDARDRELEASE the need to get evenREMEMBER the generosity that God has shown youRESET your perspective through prayerPhilippians 2:15 (CSB)
What if Jesus Was Serious? | Week 3 | Inside-Out Righteousness | Pastor Doug Myers | Life Center TacomaMatthew 5:17-20 (CSB)Matthew 23:25-28 (CSB)It's a HEART thingEzekiel 36:26 (CSB)Matthew 12:33-34 (CSB)The heart is a HIM thingEzekiel 36:26 (CSB)The fruit is a ME thingMatthew 5:19b (CSB)
What If Jesus Was Serious | Week 2 | Who is Blessed? | Pastor Eric Boles | Life Center TacomaBeatitude #1:Blessed are the POOR...Matthew 5:3 (CSB)Beatitude #2:Blessed are those who MOURN...Matthew 5:4 (CSB)Beatitude #3:Blessed are the HUMBLE...Matthew 5:5 (CSB)Beatitude #4:Blessed are those who HUNGER and THIRST...Matthew 5:6 (CSB)Beatitude #5:Blessed are the MERCIFUL...Matthew 5:7 (CSB)Beatitude #6:Blessed are the PURE IN HEART...Matthew 5:8 (CSB)Beatitude #7:Blessed are the PEACEMAKERS...Matthew 5:9 (CSB)Beatitude #8:Blessed are those who are PERSECUTED...Matthew 5:10 (CSB)
What If Jesus Was Serious | Week 1 | Selective Hearing | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaMatthew 5:1-2 (CSB)If Jesus was serious... then He actually EXPECTS us to DO what He SAID.Skye Jethani QuoteWhat have I HEARD from Jesus?Has my HEARING led to LEARNING?Has my LEARNING turned into LIVING?John Ortberg Quote1 Samuel 15:22 (CSB)
Heart Work | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaFollow JESUS, not your HEART.Jeremiah 17:9-10 (CSB)1 Corinthians 9:24-27, 10:1-13 (CSB)You can't trust every DESIREGenesis 4:7 (CSB)Run the RACE and run for YOUR LIFE1 Peter 2:11 (CSB)You can trust God's PROVISION"You cannot sin as much as God can forgive." -Alistar Begg
An Encounter with Jesus | Dr. Brandon Beals | Life Center TacomaThe Gospel is unstoppable when it is shared by people filled with the Holy SpiritActs 3:1-5 (NIV)Being filled with the Holy Spirit changes everything!Luke 5:1-3 (NIV)SavedLuke 5:5 (NIV)Luke 5:11 (NIV)SurrenderedMark 16:7 (NIV)John 21:1-4 (NIV)SaturatedPeter is differentActs 3:2-6, 8b-10, 11, 19 (NIV)Are you really different?The Holy Spirit fills us. It should change everything!
Family Matters | Week 6 | Finding Rest | Pastor Karina Torres | Life Center TacomaMatthew 11:28-30 (CSB)Psalms 23:1-6 (CSB)To find REST we must first COME to JesusTo find rest, we must UNDERSTAND the WEIGHT of our burdenTo find rest, we must TRUST that HE'S GOT ITIsaiah 40:28-31 (CSB)Philippians 4:8 (CSB)To find rest, we must LEARN FROM JESUS and approach life with HUMILITY
Family Matters | Week 5 | Happily Even After | Pastors Phil and Diane Comer | Life Center TacomaPractice love and respectEphesians 5:21-25, 28-29, 33 (NIV)2 Peter 1:3 (NIV)Accept each other’s differencesRomans 15:7 (NIV)Proverbs 18:22 (ESV)Proverbs 31:10 (NASB)Stay best friendsGenesis 2:18 (NIV)Genesis 2:24 (BSB)“Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable.” - David AugsburgerPractice love and respectAccept each other’s differencesStay best friends
Family Matters | Week 4 | Break the Cycle | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaJesus came to end the cycle of BROKENNESS that SIN has created.Romans 8:1-5 (CSB)Instead of passing on a cycle of BROKENNESS, we can pass on a cycle of BLESSING.How do we break the cycle of brokenness?4 Cycle Breaking Truths:You’re not ENOUGH … and that’s OKAY, because JESUS IS.Every significant CHANGE starts with a DECISION.TRANSFORMING freedom is something we RECEIVE and it demands a RESPONSE.Galatians 5:1 (CSB)Blessing FLOWS as we live in ALIGNMENT with freedom.Romans 8:5, 12-13 (CSB)
Family Matters | Week 3 | Raise Them Up | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaJudges 2:10-13 (CSB)No one is exempt from the assignment to help raise up this generation to love and serve Jesus.Each generation needs to DECIDE.Joshua 24:14-15 (ESV)Psalm 145:4 (CSB)Each generation needs a firsthand ENCOUNTER with God.Each generation needs both MENTORS and MODELS.Deuteronomy 6:4-9 (CSB)
Family Matters | Week 2 | The Meaning of Marriage | Pastor Doug Myers | Life Center TacomaWe need a compelling biblical VISION of CHRISTIAN marriageGenesis 2:22-25 (CSB)Ephesians 5:31-32 (CSB)Romans 12:1-2 (CSB)It is COVENANT not CONTRACTThe shift from ME to HEThe shift from ME to WEThe shift from WE to ONE
Family Matters | Week 1 | You Belong | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaJesus PURSUES us and WELCOMES us to BELONGLuke 19:1-9 (CSB)When you know you belong it builds SECURITYWhen you know you belong you can stop STRIVINGWhen you know you belong you are freed up to start SHARING
From Garden to Garden: Easter Sunday | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaJohn 19:41-20:10 (CSB)It's not just a STORY to KNOW, it's a LIFE we RECEIVETODAY can be a NEW BEGINNINGOur GREATEST NEED has been metEphesians 5:4-5 (CSB)We can come out of hiding and dwell with God
From Garden to Garden | Good Friday | From the Garden to the Grave | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaMatthew 26:36-46 (CSB)In the garden, Adam FAILED, but Jesus FULFILLEDJesus knew that His obedience in the GARDEN would lead Him to the GRAVEWhat Jesus has accomplished must be APPLIEDExodus 12:5-7, 12-14 (CSB)
From Garden to Garden | Palm Sunday | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaGenesis 2:8-9 (CSB)We were DESIGNED to DWELL in the gardenRebellion SHATTERED our accessHope is COMING!Genesis 3:15b; 21 (CSB)Jesus prayed in the garden that He might RESTORE what our REBELLION had lost in the first garden
The Church Has Something to Say to the World: Part Two | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaWe have an ASSIGNMENT to REPRESENT JESUS in our day2 Corinthians 5:15-6:2 (CSB)Bonhoeffer Quote / PhotoSound like Jesus VOICEAlign with Jesus VISIONDraw attention to Jesus VICTORYJohn 20:21 (CSB)
The Church Has Something to Say to The World: Part One | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaThe Church will lack the AUTHORITY to SPEAK when it lacks AUTHENTIC REPENTANCEJoel 2:11-14, 17 (CSB)Repentance is INTERNAL before it is EXTERNALRepentance recognizes "I WAS WRONG."Repentance reorients our BELIEF and realigns our BEHAVIORMark 1:14-15 (CSB)Repentance RESTORES and REFRESHESActs 3:19-20 (CSB)
Jesus Has Something to Say to His Church | Week 8 | Called Out Of Complacency | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaStay DEPENDENT on JesusA complacent church is NAUSEATING to JesusRevelation 3:14-22 (CSB)REALIZE your needRECEIVE the loving rebukeHebrews 12:6 (CSB)RESPOND to the knock
Jesus Has Something To Say To His Church | Week 7 | Opportunity In The Opposition | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaSee the OPPORTUNITIES even in the OPPOSITIONRevelation 3:7-13 (CSB)Even if you are CANCELED, Jesus is still holding the KEYSJesus gives open door OPPORTUNITIES for His church to TAKE NEW GROUNDYou are SAFE and STABLE in a SHAKY world
Jesus says To the Church in Sardis: Be Authentic Revelation 3:1 (CSB) Wake up Revelation 3:2 (CSB & NIV) Remember, Obey, and Repent Revelation 3:3-6 (CSB & NIV)
Jesus Has Something to Say to His Church | Week 5 | The Church at Thyatira | Pastor Doug Myers | Life Center TacomaHold onto what you haveRevelation 2:18-29 (CSB)KNOW the TRUTHGenesis 3:1 (CSB)Don't PLAY with FIREHOLD onto what you HAVEThere is a REWARDPsalm 2:8-9 (CSB)
Jesus Has Something to Say to His Church | Week 4 | The Poison of Compromise | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaLive above reproachRevelation 2:12-17 (CSB)Compromise killsBe FAITHFUL where you LIVERUN from COMPROMISERomans 12:2 (CSB)The compromise of IDOLATRYThe compromise of IMMORALITYA REWARD is ahead
Jesus Has Something to Say to His Church | Week 3 | Prepped For Problems | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaRevelation 2:8-11 (CSB)Stay strong in times of testing.John 16:33 (CSB)In every PROBLEM you face, the PROMISE of Jesus' faithfulness remainsYou have the TREASURE of ChristTESTS and TEMPTATIONS are guaranteed1 Corinthians 10:13 (CSB)DEATH will not have the last wordPsalm 46:1-3 (CSB)
Jesus Has Something to Say to His Church | Week 2 | The Right Work, The Wrong Way | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaStay passionately in love with JesusRevelation 2:1-7 (CSB)Jesus wants more than our ACTIVITY... He wants our HEARTIt is possible to BELIEVE RIGHT and DO GOOD and still be OPPOSED by Jesus.
Jesus Has Something To Say To His Church | Week 1 | The Time Is Near | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaJesus has something to say to His church.Revelation 1:1-20 (CSB)It's about JESUSIt's a call to look for His COMINGIt's BEHOLDING His power and authority that builds unstoppable HOPE
Teach Us How to Pray Part 2 | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaGift not GUILTPresence not PRESSURE Connection not CONDEMNATION Alive not ABSTRACT Mystery not MISERYMatthew 6:9-13 (CSB)
Teach Us How To Pray | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaMatthew 6:33 (CSB)HOPES FULFILLED are often connected to HABITS ENGAGED.We don't "TRY" our way to a stronger life with Jesus, we "TRAIN".1 Timothy 4:7-8 (CSB)Luke 11:1 (CSB)Matthew 6:5-18 (CSB)Romans 12:1-2 (CSB)Fasting is spiritual FEASTINGFasting reminds our APPETITES that they are not in CONTROLFasting breaks us out of our ROUTINES and RENEWS us spirituallySet a TIME and a PLACEStart SIMPLE and HONEST"Lay before Him what is in us, not what ought to be in us." -C.S. LewisBe fully PRESENT and AVAILABLEFocus on the RELATIONSHIP, not the CHECKLIST"Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together." -Dallas Willard“How do you take the life of salvation into your ordinary, daily lives? You pray. In salvation God makes himself personally present to us; in prayer we respond by making ourselves personally present to God…prayer cultivates the daily intimacy of salvation.” -Eugene Peterson
Christmas Eve | Don't Miss the Light | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaThe LIGHT of Jesus is still leading people to receive LIFE.Matthew 2:1-12 (CSB)Numbers 24:17a (CSB)His light DRAWS usIsaiah 60:1-6 (CSB)His light CHANGES us
Hope For A Weary World | Week 3 | A Promise Fulfilled | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaChristmas is God's promise FULFILLED.John 1:14-18 (CSB)Exodus 34:5-9 (CSB)Hope through Jesus' PRESENCEExodus 25:8 (CSB)Matthew 1:22-23 (CSB)Hope through Jesus' FORGIVENESSHebrews 1:3 (CSB)Hope through Jesus' FULLNESSJohn 1:11-12 (CSB)
Hope For A Weary World | Week 2 | Ditch Your Process | Pastor Joe Bowman | Life Center Tacoma2 Kings 3:16-18 (NKJV)2 Kings 3:6-8 (NKJV)Whose influence is dragging by the ear?2 Kings 3:11 (NKJV)Is God your first response or last resort?2 Kings 3:15 (NKJV)[Pastor Kenton or someone to play first verse and chorus of “It is well” I want to set the atmosphere before God speaks.]2 Kings 3:16 (NKJV)2 Kings 3:17 (NKJV)Is my digging in vain?2 Kings 3:20 (NKJV)Ridiculous is always married to miraculousGalatians 6:9 (NKJV)
Hope For A Weary World | Week 1 | The Effect of Hope | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaIsaiah 9:2 (CSB)Jesus is HOPE for a WEARY worldJohn 1:1-5 (CSB)This hope is ETERNALThis hope is EFFECTIVE
Give Thanks | Week 4 | Keeping the Awe Alive | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaThe moment God becomes COMMON to us - we lose sight of His WORTH.Does your awe need to be awakened?Psalm 33:8 (CSB)Tim Keller QuoteJohn 15:14-15 (CSB)Revelation 4:8-11 (CSB)Revelation 5:1-14 (CSB)Remember WHO you are dealing withRemember HOW He feels about youRemember WHAT He has done for youIsaiah 6:3-8 (CSB)C.S. Lewis Quote
Give Thanks | Week 3 | The Overflow Effect | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaWe are blessed to be a blessing 2 Corinthians 9:6-12 (CSB)TAKING is always easier than TRUSTINGYou will never have a generous HAND without a generous HEARTLuke 6:38 (CSB)Both DESIRE and DESIGN are needed"The man on the top of the mountain didn't fall there." -Vince Lombardi
Give Thanks | Week 2 | What Do You Say? | Pastor Josh Jamison | Life Center TacomaLuke 17:11-19 (NLT)How to nurture an attitude of gratitude:1) An attitude of gratitude begins by changing your posture.2) An attitude of gratitude is cultivated by trust and obedience.3) An attitude of gratitude will keep you coming back to Jesus.4) An attitude of gratitude changes your heart.
Give Thanks | Week 1 | The Enemies of Thankfulness | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaGiving thanks isn't just a GOOD IDEA, it's GOD'S WILL.1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (CSB)WorryMatthew 6:25-27, 31 (CSB)Philippians 4:6-7 (NLT)DiscouragementJoshua 1:9 (CSB)Entitlement1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (CSB)RejoicingPrayingGiving Thanks
Reasons to Believe | Week 7 | The Care and the Cost | Pastor Tyler Sollie*Following JesusWe don't believe Jesus because He made STATEMENTS. We believe Jesus because He proved HIS STATEMENTS.When things don't go according to our plan it is easy to do two things:UNDERESTIMATE the care of Jesus and UNDERVALUE the cost to Jesus.The one who is LIFE died so that we who are DEAD could receive life.John 11:4-7; 14-15; 17; 21-27; 32-44 (CSB)Your circumstances might cause QUESTIONS, but God's love is WITHOUT QUESTIONSin brings a DESTRUCTION that grieves the heart of GodDEAD things can become ALIVE thingsNew life can't remain WRAPPED UP in death
Reasons To Believe | Week 6 | Help Me See | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaJohn 8:12 (CSB)We all have a choice:RECOGNIZE our blindness and RECEIVE SIGHTREMAIN convinced that we see clearly and REJECT SIGHTJohn 9:1-41 (CSB)You can't see without LIGHT"It is not our littleness that hinders Christ; but our bigness. It is not our weakness that hinders Christ; it is our strength. It is not our darkness that hinders Christ; it is our supposed light that holds back His hand." -Charles SpurgeonOnly people who recognize their BLINDNESS long for SIGHTTrue sight will lead to CONFIDENCE and COURAGE, regardless of the CONSEQUENCESWhen you truly SEE Jesus you can't help but WORSHIP HimIsaiah 6:9-10 (CSB)
Reasons to Believe | Week 5 | A Savior in the Storm | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaJohn 6:16-21 (CSB)In every storm that you face, you can be confident of two things: Jesus has POWER OVER IT & Jesus is PRESENT IN ITRowing harder is exhausting.Receiving Jesus is liberating.What is out of your CONTROL is still under Jesus' RULEYou're not ALONE in the stormThe one who can MEET YOU in the storm, can also DELIVER YOU to the other side.Psalms 107:23-30 (CSB)
Reasons to Believe | Week 4 | Jesus Feeds the 5,000 | Pastor Eric BolesJohn 6:1-6 (CSB)He multiplies your generosityJohn 6:7-10 (CSB)He meets and exceeds the needJohn 6:11-14 (CSB)
Reasons To Believe | Week 3 | When Help Finds You | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaJohn 5:1-15 (CSB)Jesus is the INITIATOR, not meJesus knows how to FIND MEJesus isn't a SUPPORT in our healing, He is the SOURCE of itYou can know the NAME of Jesus and still be confused about the IDENTITY of Jesus
Reasons to Believe | Week Two | The Power Of Jesus' Word | Pastor Tyler Schaefer | Life Center TacomaJohn 20:30-31 (CSB)John 12:37 (CSB)Big idea: You can trust what Jesus saysJohn 4:46-54 (CSB)Every human is spiritually curious Unbelievers don't love God; they use GodJesus wants people to believe in who He is and not just what He can doJesus' answer for the man wasn't to see something, but to hear something Romans 10:17 (CSB)There are no limitations to Jesus' powerThe challenge for every believer is to keep believing Colossians 1:21-23 (CSB)Hebrews 3:12-14 (CSB)
Reasons to Believe | Week One | Follow the Signs | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma[7-Week Series Study Guide]John 20:30-31 (CSB)John 2:1-11 (CSB) Every MIRACLE story starts with a NEED Jesus is ABLE Jesus CARES Jesus gives THE BEST
The Battle for Perspective | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma
Our perspective might be OUR reality - but it might not be THE reality.
Philippians 4:4-9 (NLT)
Brings God's PEACE
Anchors us in TRUTH
Requires intentional PRACTICE
Romans 8:18, 28, 31-39 (CSB)
Open Weekend | How To Lose At Winning | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaIt is possible to WIN at what the world says is IMPORTANT, and still LOSE.Luke 9:19-25 (CSB)Don't aim for SUCCESS, aim at SURRENDERDon't aim for COMFORT, aim at COMMITMENTGalatians 2:20 (CSB)Galatians 5:24 (CSB)Galatians 6:14 (CSB)Don't aim for OBJECTS, aim at OBEDIENCE
FaceTime | Week 4 | The Problem with Truth | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma
Jesus stays true, even when it costs something.
John 18:33-38 (CSB)
Is Jesus KING?
What has Jesus DONE?
What is TRUTH?
Truth is TRUE
Truth can be REJECTED
Truth has a source OUTSIDE OF US
John 14:6 (CSB)
Truth sets us FREE
John 8:32 (CSB)
FaceTime | Week Three | Jesus And The Adulteress | Eric Boles | Life Center Tacoma
John 8:2-6 (CSB)
Jesus came to save you, not to shame you
John 8:7-11 (CSB)
Jesus came to change you, not condemn you
John 3:17 (CSB)
FaceTime | Week Two | You Can Belong | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma
One conversation with Jesus can take an OUTCAST and offer a place of BELONGING
John 4:4-30 (CSB)
Jesus went out of his way to bring you HOPE and HEALING
Philippians 2:5-8 (CSB)
Jesus sees the FULL REALITY of who you are, and he doesn't FLINCH or BACK AWAY
Where you have COME FROM is not the determining factor of where you are CALLED TO
YOUR STORY doesn't exclude you from bringing GOD'S STORY to others
John 4:39-42 (CSB)
FaceTime | Week One | How Do You Know Me? | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma
Exodus 33:11 (CSB)
One conversation with Jesus can turn a DOUBTER into a DISCIPLE.
John 1:43-51 (CSB)
Jesus came to erase the gap between WHERE WE ARE and WHERE WE ARE MEANT TO BE.
God is willing to get PERSONAL with you, and when we get PERSONAL with God, POWERFUL things can happen.
Jesus SEES you and KNOWS you before you seek Him out.
Jesus has MORE for you
Boldness For The Battle | Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma
Psalm 27:1-3, 13-14 (CSB)
Proverbs 28:1 (CSB)
Bold Faith isn't about PERSONALITY, It's about PROXIMITY
Acts 4:7-17 (CSB)
Hebrews 10:35, 39 (CSB)
How do we develop that Boldness? DRAW NEAR
James 4:7-8 (CSB)
Babel: Your Name and Your Way, or His Name and His Way? | Pastor Ryan Oletzke | Life Center Tacoma
Genesis 11:1-9 (ESV)
Babel is about the deception and danger of self-salvation.
Disobedient
Prideful
Transactional
“You don’t go to God because He’s useful, you go because He’s beautiful. And nothing is more useful than finding God beautiful.” – Tim Keller
Spirituality on your own terms is rebellious, exhausting, and hopeless.
Knowing what God has said.
Worshipping God the way He wants.
Living for His glory above our own.
Believing this kind of life is actually best.
What is the chief end of man?
Man's chief end is to glorify God and enjoy him forever
Steps | Pastor Andy Rosas | Life Center Tacoma
My prayer is that you will always feel God’s call to renewal in your life, in your spirit and in the church.
God wants us to keep a passion for renewal…
He wants our Families, Marriages, calling, and church renewed and empowered.
Joshua 1:1-9 (CSB)
Joshua 10:40-43 (CSB)
Joshua 13:1 (CSB)
Matthew 28:18-20 (CSB)
Matthew 24:14 (CSB)
Isaiah 43:18-19 (CSB)
Life Center, may your future be greater than your past!
The Time Has Come | Pastor Jeff Davis | Life Center Tacoma
Big Idea: Jesus leads you to live a life of humility
John 13:1 (CSB)
John 12:27 (CSB)
John 17:4 (CSB)
John 13:2-3 (CSB)
Humility needs no introduction
Matthew 23:5a (CSB)
John 13:4-5 (CSB)
Luke 22:24 (CSB)
Humility involves both giving and receiving
John 13:6-10 (CSB)
1 John 1:8-9 (CSB)
Humility is given freely and to everyone
John 13:11 (CSB)
1 Peter 5:5b (CSB)
"To Jesus followers, love isn’t a recommendation. Love is a mandate. A church that doesn’t love ceases to be a church – because its purpose is to reveal and embody the love of God to the world. We don’t settle for only loving others in the church well (though this is required and the path toward unity). We understand that we are called to love the world well. This is why we believe in the mission of Jesus– both local and global. Imagine loving a city so well that there is no other answer except: Jesus must be real. Let’s make that happen." -The Life Center Little Book of Mission Vision Values Culture
Action Step: Where is Jesus leading you toward humility in action?
Priorities For The Pit | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma
Genesis 37:18-28 (CSB)
The pit isn't permanent
Romans 8:28 (NLT)
"What is out of your control, is under His rule." -Paul Tripp
Lie #1: The pit is PUNISHMENT
Lie #2: The promise must not be REAL
Lie #3: I am ALONE in this pit
Lie #4: If God was GOOD, I wouldn't be in this pit
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Like Father, Like Son | Week 1 | Family Resemblance | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma
John 10:30 (CSB)
John 5:17-23 (CSB)
Colossians 1:15 (CSB)
God not only wants to SAVE your life, He wants to SHAPE your life
An INVITATION for IMITATION
John 1:43 (CSB)
John 21:22 (CSB)
New DNA & new DESIRES
Titus 2:11-14 (CSB)
What we BEHOLD shapes what and who we BECOME
“Your life is always moving in the direction of your strongest thoughts.” - Craig Groeschel
👋 Welcome to Church Online at Life Center! We're so glad you're with us! Today Pastor Tyler Sollie concludes with week 7 in our series “I Need Help”. Take a moment and share this with your friends!Check out volunteer opportunities https://lifecenter.com/serveWe're also live at https://live.lifecenter.com/Submit your prayer request https://lc.church/prayerThank you for Giving, click here to Give https://lc.church/giveConnect with us or take the Next Step here https://lc.church/NextSteps Checkout the Facebook Community Group https://lc.church/FacebookGroupDownload the Life Center app https://lc.church/app
👋 Welcome to Church Online at Life Center! We're so glad you're with us! Today Pastor Tyler Sollie continues with week 6 in our series “I Need Help”. Take a moment and share this with your friends!Check out volunteer opportunities https://lifecenter.com/serveWe're also live at https://live.lifecenter.com/Submit your prayer request https://lc.church/prayerThank you for Giving, click here to Give https://lc.church/giveConnect with us or take the Next Step here https://lc.church/NextSteps Checkout the Facebook Community Group https://lc.church/FacebookGroupDownload the Life Center app https://lc.church/app
👋 Welcome to Church Online at Life Center! We're so glad you're with us! Today Pastor Tyler Sollie continues in our series “I Need Help”. Take a moment and share this with your friends!Check out volunteer opportunities https://lifecenter.com/serveWe're also live at https://live.lifecenter.com/Submit your prayer request https://lc.church/prayerThank you for Giving, click here to Give https://lc.church/giveConnect with us or take the Next Step here https://lc.church/NextSteps Checkout the Facebook Community Group https://lc.church/FacebookGroupDownload the Life Center app https://lc.church/app
Pastor Tyler and Amber Sollie sit down for a peek behind the curtain at their marriage as they celebrate 20 years together! Life has not always been smooth sailing for this couple, but their marriage is stronger today than ever. Tune in for some honest conversation, 7 keys they've discovered for maintaining a healthy marriage, and the most helpful advice they've ever received.
RELEVANT LINKS:
- Pastor Tyler's blog: tylersollie.com
- Amber's blog: liveabundantly.today
- Life Center's website: lifecenter.com
I Need Help! | Week 5 | The God Who Sees Me | Pastor Christi Villarias | Life Center Tacoma-Genesis 16: 7-8 (ESV)-Genesis 16:13 (ESV)1. You might feel LOST, but never TOO LOST for His eyes.-Proverbs 15:3 (ESV)-1 Peter 3:12 (ESV)-Hebrews 4:13 (ESV) 2. In the desert God calls YOUR NAME-Genesis 16:8 (ESV)-Psalms 139:1-4 (ESV)-Isaiah 43:1 (ESV)3. A gentle CONFRONTATION-Isaiah 43:1 (ESV)4. True REVELATION-Genesis 16:13 (ESV)
The only solution to our unlimited THIRST is an unlimited SAVIOR: JesusJohn 7:37-39 (CSB)The Invitation: COME TO MEPsalm 42:1-2 (CSB)Isaiah 55:1 (CSB)The Promise: STREAMS OF LIVING WATERIsaiah 44:3 (CSB)
Our greatest need is TRANSFORMATIONWe can't "try" our way into transformation.John 3:1-19 (CSB)You receive a NEW NATUREEzekiel 36:25-27 (CSB)You are connected to a NEW SOURCE
John 20:30-31 (ESV)John 11:5-16 (ESV)Doubt is often accompanied by authentic devotion to GodDoubt is often a normal part of growing in our understanding of GodJohn 14:1-5 (ESV) Doubt is often an invitation to a supernatural experience with God John 20:24-28 (ESV)John 20:30-31 (ESV)
Join Pastor Tyler Sollie as he sits down with Pastors Anson Dawkins and Brandon Stanley from Life Center in Tacoma, Washington for a discussion about what we do after Easter. As Christ followers, we look forward to this monumental day each year, and after it's over we can feel a sense of "what now?" The Good News is we get to carry the same Spirit of Easter with us each day of the year! Listen now to hear how this works for us.
Jesus PROVIDED and POINTED us to the helperJohn 14:16-17 (CSB)John 16:7,13 (CSB)John 1:29-34 (CSB)The Holy Spirit is here to OPEN our eyes to see what is AVAILABLE to usEphesians 1:17-19 (CSB)Do you see the HOPE?Do you see the VALUE?Do you see the POWER?
LOOKING FOR CHANGEEVERYTHING changed the day the tomb became EMPTYThis is either the greatest HOPE, or it is the greatest HOAX. There is no middle ground.It's about CHANGEIt's for YOUJohn 20:14-16John 20:31
Look to Jesus as SAVIORLook to Jesus as SOURCEJohn 15:1-8 (CSB)Embrace life FROM JesusEmbrace life WITH JesusColossians 2:6-7 (CSB)Embrace life that REFLECTS Jesus
Jesus is not just the way to HEAVEN, He is the WAY OF LIFE.John 14:1-7 (CSB)"The way of Jesus isn't just about belief, it's about our life.""Maybe one reason we don't see more transformation in our lives is because we see the Gospel more as a ticket to a destination somewhere in the future than a Kingdom and a way to walk in the here and now."-Ian SimkinsThere is a PEACE for youThere is a PLACE for youThere is a PATH for youRomans 12:1-2 (CSB)
NOTHING and NO ONE are too far gone for JesusJohn 11:21-27 (CSB)The END is not the ENDRAISED PEOPLE are RELEASED PEOPLEJohn 11:43-44 (CSB)Colossians 3:1-10 (CSB)
You can trust Jesus as your Good ShepherdJohn 10:11-15 (CSB)Our Shepherd keeps a FOCUSED WATCH on His sheepEzekiel 34:11-12 (CSB)Our Shepherd PROTECTS His flock from DANGER and ENEMIESOur Shepherd makes sure His flock is FED and TAKEN CARE OFIsaiah 40:11 (CSB)Our Shepherd makes sure to LEAD and GUIDE His flock to the BEST LOCATIONPsalm 23 (CSB)Matthew 9:36 (CSB)1 Peter 2:25 (CSB)
John 10:1-10 (CSB)Big Idea: Jesus is the only PATHWAY to experience life to the fullJesus is the only means by which people are SAVEDJesus invites people IN who others have pushed OUTJesus's kingdom is not designed to be CONSTRICTIVE but PROTECTIVEYour life will follow the VOICES you are FAMILIAR withReceive Jesus, not for what He might GIVE you, but for what He might BE to you
In your darkest moment there is a light that will never cease to shineJohn 12:46 (CSB)John 8:12-14 (CSB)Exodus 13:21-22 (CSB)John 1:1-5 (CSB)STEP into the light MOVE with the light REFLECT the light"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the Sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else." -C.S. Lewis
Jesus has provided a lane called loveJohn 15:8-11 (CSB)You can't REMAIN in a love you have not RECEIVEDJude 1:21 (CSB)Obedience doesn't EARN love Obedience is EVIDENCE of loveJohn 14:15 (CSB)Complete joy is connected to LOVE and OBEDIENCEJohn 14:6 (CSB)
John 15:7 (CSB)If you remain in Me...John 15:1, 4-5 (CSB)John 15: 9-16 (CSB)My Words remain in you...John 15:12-16 (CSB)Ask whatever you wish and it will be given to youMatthew 12:33-37 (CSB)John 15:12-14 (CSB)
Maturing in Jesus mattersJohn 15:4-6 (CSB)John 15:4-6 (MSG)The more I MATURE, the more DEPENDENT I become on Jesus.You can use RELIGION to produce WORKS, but only RELATIONSHIP with Jesus will produce FRUIT.A withered branch can't feed OTHERS.Ephesians 4:11-16 (CSB)
God has a commitment: YOUR GROWTHGrowth has a condition: CONNECTION TO JESUSJohn 15:1-3 (CSB)Connection with Jesus brings LIFE, and evidence of that LIFE is FRUIT.Both FRUITLESS and FRUITFUL branches ultimately have a common experience: cutting
LIFE DOESN’T CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE DATE ON A CALENDAR. LIFE CHANGES WHEN WE ALIGN OUR LIVES WITH GOD’S PLAN AND PURPOSE. I HAVE ACCESS TO NEW MERCYLamentations 3:22-23 (CSB)I SERVE A GOD WHO DOES NEW THINGS (WITHOUT CHANGING)Isaiah 43:18-19 (CSB)I BELONG TO A NEW REALITYLuke 5:36-39 (CSB)I AM A NEW CREATION2 Corinthians 5:17 (CSB)I CAN TAKE NEW GROUNDIsaiah 54:2-3 (CSB)
Isaiah 9:6 (CSB)Isaiah 9:2, 6-7 (CSB)The love of God is POWERFUL because it is PERSONAL.John 1:1-5, 10-14 (CSB)Love came to RECONCILE1 Timothy 2:5 (CSB)Love came to REDEEM1 Peter 1:18-19 (CSB)Love came to RESTOREJohn 1:14 (CSB)
A grudge is “a feeling of deep-seated resentment or ill will.”When we didn’t want to have anything to do with God, He wanted to have everything to do with us. Romans 5:8 (CSB)1 Peter 3:18 (CSB)Christ came to END THE GRUDGEWhile Israel was sinning in the valley, God was fighting for them on the mountain.Colossians 1:19-22 (CSB)2 Corinthians 5:16-21 (CSB)
The Application of Love | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center TacomaWhat the world needs now is the love of God APPLIED1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (CSB)Love has an ANCHOR: TRUTHLove has an APPLICATION: MYSELF & OTHERS"On the whole, God’s love for us is a much safer subject to think about than our love for him.”- C. S. LewisLove never TIRES OF SUPPORTLove never LOSES FAITHLove never EXHAUSTS HOPELove never GIVES UP
1 Corinthians 13:1-5, 11 (CSB)
The world needs you to love beyond yourself
1 Corinthians 13:4-5 (CSB)
Loneliness loosens its grip
Proverbs 11:25 (MSG)
Love lightens the load
You can laugh about the ledger
1 John 4:16 (CSB) …God is love…
1 John 4:18 (CSB) …perfect love drives out fear…
- What are you afraid of?
2 Chronicles 20:1-3 (CSB)
- Who are you taking it to?
2 Chronicles 20:9 (CSB)
- Face it…don’t Fight it!
2 Chronicles 20:15-17 (CSB)
John 13:34-35 (CSB)
What the world needs now is a church that will LOVE WELL
Matthew 24:12 (CSB)
To EXTEND God's love we must EXPERIENCE it
1 Corinthians 12:31-13:3 (CSB)
Love should be the distinguishing mark in the life of a follower of Jesus
The SOUND of our love DRAWS PEOPLE IN
The STRENGTH of our love LIFTS PEOPLE UP
The SACRIFICE of our love REFLECTS JESUS
1 Corinthians 13:3b (MSG)
Jesus HEARS us when we CALL
Jesus is CLOSER than you THINK
Mark 10:46-52 (CSB)
Change starts with a first step called COURAGE
Courage GROWS as CLOSENESS to Jesus is realized
Call out
Throw aside
Get up and come to Jesus
Psalm 27:8 (NLT)
Jesus wants us to be free
Matthew 4:23-24 (CSB)
Mark 5:1-20 (CSB)
Don't settle for trying to CONTROL an issue when you can receive FREEDOM
Mark 5:3-5 (CSB)
Jesus is STRONG ENOUGH
Mark 5:6-13 (CSB)
Philippians 2:9-11 (CSB)
John 8:36 (CSB)
No one is BEYOND HOPE
Mark 5:14-17 (CSB)
We are not just freed FROM something, we are freed FOR something
Mark 5:19-20 (CSB)
James 5:14-15 (CSB)
Are you extending that which you have experienced?
1 Corinthians 13:12 (CSB)
Let Jesus heal your heart
Luke 22:47-51 (CSB)
“Each of us must decide whether we will go through life pretending, like Judas; or fighting, like Peter; or yielding to God’s perfect will, like Jesus. Will it be the kiss, the sword, or the cup?” -W. Wiersbe
Check Yourself
Luke 22:60-62 (CSB)
Wreck Yourself
Acts 3:1-10 (CSB)
Matthew 4:23 (CSB)
Hebrews 13:8 (CSB)
Forgiveness is healing we all need.
Mark 2:1-12 (CSB)
Whatever has you OVERWHELMED, Jesus has OVERCOME.
The OBSTACLES may be REAL... but so is the FAITH.
Jesus is the healer of the INTERNAL, the EXTERNAL and the ETERNAL.
Confusion has CONSEQUENCES, clarity breaks the CYCLE
Judges 2:1-5 (CSB)
[CYCLE GRAPHIC]
Judges 11:1-11 (CSB)
Your starting point doesn't have to define the rest of your journey
Judges 11:29-31, 34-35 (CSB)
What is God LIKE?
What does God WANT?
Psalm 51:12 (NIV)
God is restoring JOY.
Nehemiah 8:10b (NIV)
Joy comes from the presence of the Lord.
Galatians 5:22a (NIV)
Psalm 16:11 (NIV)
Joy comes from perspective.
James 1:2 (NIV)
Joy comes from perseverance.
Romans 15:13a (NIV)
Judges 17:6 (CSB)
God's MERCY calls for MOVEMENT.
Judges 6:1-5a; 7-10 (CSB)
The VOICE of God: The voice of FAITH has to be louder than the voice of INSECURITY
The PATIENCE of God: Doubt is a fine place to START, but a horrible place to STAY.
Judges 6:36-40 (CSB)
The PROVISION of God: We want God to change what's AROUND US, He wants to change what's IN US.
Judges 17:6 NLT
God does unlikely things
The unlikely way of God includes:
Judges 3:12-17 (CSB)
Judges 4:1-6 (CSB)
Judges 4:8-9 (CSB)
He uses unlikely people
He uses unlikely methods
He provides unlikely confidence
1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (CSB)
[NEXT STEPS] YES TO JESUS UNLIKELY CONFIDENCE GET CONNECTED AT LIFE CENTER
Judges 17:6 (NLT)
What we see as right and what God sees as right isn't always aligned.
Judges 3:7 (CSB)
Isaiah 55:8-9 (CSB)
Judges 2:8-10 (CSB)
We all SHARE something. What will it be?
Judges 3:7, 17:6 (CSB)
We all SEE something. Is our seeing right?
Judges 3:8 (CSB)
We all SERVE something. What is it?
Judges 3:9 (CSB)
We all can SURRENDER. But will we?
God has been faithful to provide DELIVERANCE even when we are the source of DIFFICULTY.
Big idea: Living like Jesus requires us to live a life of invitation that COMPELS others to the gospel of Jesus
Humility compels others… pride repels others
Luke 14:11-14 (CSB)
Prioritize His Invitation …not your excuses
Luke 14:15-24 (CSB)
Big Idea: Being like Jesus allows me to use my gifts to share in His joy
Matthew 25:14-30 (CSB)
Gifts are GRACE
Matthew 25:14 (CSB)
Gifts are given FREELY but not EQUALLY
Matthew 25:15 (CSB)
There are zero NO-TALENT people in Christ. Some are given MORE, some are given LESS, but all are given MUCH.
James 3:1 (CSB)
Grace comes with RESPONSIBILITY
Matthew 25:16-18 (CSB)
The WEIGHT of what we have been entrusted is SIGNIFICANT
Bringing life in Jesus to every life in our communities
Danger of burying the gift: MISUNDERSTAND the character of God
Matthew 25:24-25 (CSB)
AFRAID to lose
Philippians 3:8-11 (CSB)
End up EMPTY
Matthew 25:26-29 (CSB)
Two Outcomes: GOOD and FAITHFUL GOOD for NOTHING
Jesus wants to give us life. Jesus also invites us into His way of life.
Luke 18:9-14 (CSB)
Proper AWARENESS of the source of my HOPE
Accurate ATTITUDE shaped by HUMILITY
Jesus wants to give you life. But He also wants to invite you into His WAY OF LIFE.
Luke 10:30-37 (CSB)
Loving like Jesus means I don't limit who is worthy of receiving it
Who are the people in my path?
Where am I tempted to limit my love?
Will I own the need in front of me?
James 4:1-10 (NLT)
The Bible wasn’t written to you, but it is written for you
Jesus set you free
James 4:1 (NLT)
Just because you’re free doesn’t mean there isn’t work to be done.
What you pray for reveals what matters to you
James 4:3 (NLT)
Hands reveal the Heart
James 4:8 (NLT)
God can tear down the walls of resistance
Walls fall at the shout of God’s people
Psalm 24:4 (ESV)
You can clean your hands. God can clean your heart.
Let God be God
James 4:10 (NLT)
When you humble yourself, God lifts you. When you lift you, God humbles you.
Matthew 23:12 (CSB)
Proverbs 3:34 (NIV)
1 Samuel 20:13-14 (NASB)
Our Greatest Portion of Legacy: Are The Relationships We Build Now To Support Future Generations
2 Samuel 9:1-3 (NASB)
The Status That Life Hands You – Never Stunts The Significance Within
2 Samuel 4:4 (NKJV)
Receive God’s Grace As A Distancer from Shame – Not A License To Blame!
2 Samuel 9:4-12 (NASB)
Your Infirmity Is Not Your Identity
Lo-Debar: A place of no pasture, a place prohibited
Lo-Debar May Be Your Location – But It’s Not Your Final Destination
1 John 3:1 (NASB)
Genesis 2:18 (NLT)
Genesis 2:23 (NLT)
Often loneliness is GOD’S WAY of letting us know that it is TIME TO REACH OUT.
5 Truths to Fight Loneliness
I Need People
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 (NLT)
“The hidden cost of PRIDE, is isolation” -Bob Goff
I will be an amazing friend
Luke 6:31 (NLT)
I will choose not to be offended
Ephesians 4:31-32 (NLT)
The risk will be worth it eventually
Jesus knows how I feel and what I am going through
Isaiah 53:3 (NLT)
Matthew 26:56 (NLT)
Matthew 27:46 (NLT)
2 Corinthians 9:6-7 (NIV)
Pray - Ask God for help
Purpose to be a tither
Plan to be a giver
2 Corinthians 9:6-7 (NIV)
Prepare to be a life-long learner
2 Corinthians 9:6-12 (NIV)
Choose to make rest a non-negotiable rhythm in your life.
Genesis 2:2 (NIV) Proverbs 3:7-8 (NIV)
Rest is not vacating our reality - but reordering it around Christ.
Rest is not the absence of activity - but the presence of partnership with the Lord.
“If we have to resist rest to maintain momentum, it’s not the Lord’s energy we are trusting”. – Zack Eswine
Rest is the foundation of work - not the other way around.
Rest is best experienced from slowing - not always sprinting.
Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV)
2 invitations from Jesus: 1. Come to me. 2. Take my yoke upon you.
“The Sermon on the Mount is not a set of principles to be obeyed apart from identification with Jesus Christ. The Sermon on the Mount is a statement of the life we will live when the Holy Spirit is getting his way with us.” In other words, no one ever says, “If you want to be a great athlete, go vault eighteen feet, run the mile under four minutes,” or “If you want to be a great musician, play the Beethoven violin concerto.” Instead, we advise the young artist or athlete to enter a certain kind of overall life, one involving deep associations with qualified people as well as rigorously scheduled time, diet, and activity for the mind and body.” - Oswald Chambers
ACTS 2:42-47 (CSB)
COMMUNITY TAKES CONNECTION.
CONNECTION REQUIRES TIME.
TIME IS A CHOICE.
HEBREWS 10:23-25 (CSB)
Strength that provides safety
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, 12 (CSB)
Truth that leads to growth
Proverbs 27:6 (CSB)
1 Kings 18:17-40 (CSB)
Courage deepens as we discover God's character
Change starts with CONFRONTATION
What you worship MATTERS
TRUST is the point
John 6:29 (CSB)
Ecclesiastes 3:9-12 (CSB)
Don't allow the busyness of your responsibilities to blind you from what matters most
Title: Growing Pains
1 Peter 2:1-3 (CSB)
GOOD GROWTH requires us to PUT IN THE WORK and PARTNER WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
Shift in our DESIRE
"Cue / Craving / Response / Reward" - James Clear | Atomic Habits
Shift in our DISCIPLINES
Romans 12:1-2 (CSB)
Shift in our DEFENSE MECHANISMS
1 Peter 2:1-3 (CSB)
Psalm 34:4-8 (CSB)
[Next Steps:] -Say Yes to Jesus -Put in the work & Partner
Ecclesiastes 3:1-12 (CSB)
There is A LOT to DO
Every decision I make with my time has a COST
I can't do EVERYTHING
Don't allow the BUSYNESS of your RESPONSIBILITIES to BLIND you from what matters MOST.
Luke 10:38-42 (CSB)
Shift from MY VISION of SUCCESS to what JESUS defines as SUCCESS
Shift from being DISTRACTED by "Many Things" to DEVOTED to "The One Thing"
Shift from QUESTIONING the care of Jesus to RESTING in the care of Jesus
Matthew 7:1-5 (CSB)
Matthew 7:15-16 (CSB)
Luke 18:9-14 (CSB)
Proverbs 14:12 (CSB)
Proverbs 3:5-8 (CSB)
See Clearly
Romans 3:23-24 (CSB)
Simmer Down
Philippians 2:3-4 (CSB)
“Being wronged doesn’t justify doing wrong.”
Ephesians 4:2-4 (CSB)
Seek Peace
“The best way to get rid of an enemy is to turn them into a friend.”
[Next Steps:] Say Yes to Jesus Seek Peace
1 John 2:3-6 (CSB)
Colossians 3:12-15 (CSB)
DON'T FORGET: THOUGH YOUR FORGIVENESS DIDN'T COST YOU, IT WASN'T FREE.
WHAT AM I WILLING TO WEAR?
WHAT AM I WILLING TO BEAR?
“Whenever we take offense it’s because we believe our kingdom just got invaded.” - Dallas Willard
Luke 6:27-37 (CSB)
BEING WRONGED DOESN'T JUSTIFY DOING WRONG.
IT'S RIGHT TO WANT JUSTICE. IT'S WRONG TO TAKE REVENGE.
LEAVE ROOM FOR GOD TO ACT
Romans 12:17-21 (CSB)
LEAVE OTHERS OUT OF IT
Proverbs 26:20 (CSB)
Proverbs 16:28; 17:9 (CSB)
Luke 17:1-5 (CSB)
Living offended and living unoffended have one thing in common: BOTH ARE A CHOICE
It's a choice to avoid BITTERNESS
Matthew 5:43-44 (CSB)
It's a choice to live in WISDOM
Proverbs 19:11 (CSB)
It's a choice for a better FUTURE
Proverbs 10:12 (CSB)
It's a choice to reflect life in JESUS
John 13:34-35 (CSB)
Ecclesiastes 7:9 (CSB)
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 (CSB)
If Jesus is DEAD, it means we REMAIN in our sins. If Jesus has RISEN, it means your life can be REDEFINED.
1 Corinthians 15:19 (CSB)
1 Corinthians 15:20-22 (CSB)
Since the King has RISEN for us, we can be REDEFINED through the RESURRECTION
Jesus' ROLE
My ROLE
1 Timothy 1:15-17 (CSB)
Matthew 21:1-10 (CSB)
WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE JESUS DID THE IMPROBABLE.
THE KING CAME TO US
THE KING CAME FOR US
THE KING IS STILL RULING
Avoiding the trap of the greener grass.
Phil. 4:11-13
1 Cor 15:10
Defining who is the Boss.
Genesis 1:27-28
Gen 3:16
Discovering and Affirming the Gifts of the Spirit
1 Peter 4:10,
1 Cor 12:7-11
Taking a Stand
Joshua 24:14-16
Matthew 4:1-5
1 Peter 5:5b-10 (CSB)
Jesus CARES about what you are CARRYING.
Psalm 55:22 (CSB)
Matthew 6:25, 27, 31, 33 (CSB)
When help is available, PRIDE is PROBLEMATIC
CAST your cares, but don't be CARELESS
Remember the strength of His CARE and the strength of His HAND
[CALL/NEXT STEPS] SAY YES TO JESUS - He cares. He demonstrated His love for you.
1 Peter 4:7-11, 5:5-10 CSB
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Be Sober Minded
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Love One Another
Proverbs 10:12 CSB
Quote: Warren Weirsbe: “Where there is hatred, there is malice; and malice causes a person to want to tear down the reputation of his enemy. This leads to gossip and slander. Sometimes we try to make our gossip sound “spiritual” by telling people things “so they might pray more intelligently.”
- Be Hospitable without complaining
Luke 10:38-42 MSG
1 Peter 5:5 CSB
- Humble Yourself
Luke 1:46-48 CSB
1 Peter 5:10 CSB
Next Steps: Say "yes" to Jesus Saturday Serve Embrace Humility
Living as Exiles | Week 4 | Mind the Gap
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Romans 7:15 (CSB)
1 Peter 3:8-14 (CSB)
Our lives are a collision of NATURAL RESPONSES and NEW NATURE RESPONSIBILITIES
Three Questions To Help Us Mind The Gap:
Is there a gap between my SPIRITUAL ASPIRATIONS and my EMBEDDED ATTITUDES?
Is there a gap between what I WANT to GET and what I am WILLING to GIVE?
Matthew 5:44 (CSB)
Romans 12:17 (CSB)
1 Thessalonians 5:15 (CSB)
1 Corinthians 4:12-13 (CSB)
1 Peter 3:18 (CSB)
1 Peter 2:11-17 CSB
Receive it and don't react to it
James 3:2 (NIV)
Learn from it
Romans 12:9-19 (CSB)
Shake it off
Outlive it
1 Peter 2:12 (CSB)
1 Peter 1:22-2:5 (CSB)
You are meant to GROW UP.
Growth is never an ACCIDENT.
Three signs that you are growing up into the Gospel/your salvation:
Being intentional with what needs to GO (V. 1)
Being purposeful with your DIET (V. 2-3)
Being built TOGETHER (V. 4-5)
1 PETER 2:9-10 (CSB)
[CALL/ NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS
ACT ON WHAT NEEDS TO GO
ADJUST THE DIET
Jeremiah 29:4-7 (CSB)
1 Peter 1:3-9 (CSB)
James 1:2-3 (CSB)
The PROBLEMS we face are often the PROVING ground of our PURPOSE
4 gifts for the problems of the proving ground
The gift of NEW BIRTH
The gift of GOD'S POWER
The gift of REFINEMENT
The gift of SECURITY
[NEXT STEPS]
YES TO JESUS - "You must be born again"
LIVE FOR HIS PURPOSE, NOT JUST MY OWN
GET CONNECTED / GROUPS / ROOTED
Ephesians 5:22 (CSB)
Ephesians 5:21 (CSB)
Ephesians 5:21-33 (CSB)
INTIMACY builds through giving SELFLESSLY, not living SELFISHLY
STABILITY fuels intimacy
SUBMISSION starts with me
SACRIFICE is the standard
[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS
Move from SELFISH to SELFLESS
Sign up – Love & Respect
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Acts 2:44-45 (CSB)
Luke 12:33-34 (CSB)
Three essential generosity mindsets
Generosity happened TO YOU before it ever happens THROUGH YOU
Acts 2:44-45 (CSB)
John 3:16-17 (CSB)
You will never have a generous HAND without a generous HEART
Proverbs 11:25 (NLT)
TRUE GENEROSITY always produces AUTHENTIC JOY
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
1 Peter 1:13-16 (CSB)
Two ways to get holiness wrong:
Assume it doesn't MATTER
Assume that you can PROVIDE it
"Religion stresses holiness over grace. Irreligion stresses freedom over holiness. Christianity is freedom through Grace that leads to holiness." - Tim Keller
Acts 15:5-11, 19-20 (CSB)
Grace EMPOWERS us to live HOLY
God has a STANDARD: God expects us to be HOLY
God has a SOLUTION: HOLINESS is a gift we receive and a gift we steward
[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS
BREAK FREE FROM LEGALISM - YOU CAN'T DO THIS IN YOUR OWN ABILITY
DEDICATE TO LIVING HOLY AS A RESPONSE TO THIS AMAZING GRACE
Acts 2:44-47 (CSB)
You can’t have COMMUNITY without UNITY
Unity isn't UNIFORMITY, Unity presumes DIVERSITY
1 Corinthians 12:12-31 (MSG)
Unity isn't EASY, Unity is ESSENTIAL
Unity isn’t the SWAG, Unity is the SIGN
John 17:20-21 (CSB)
Next Steps: -Say “Yes” to Jesus -Get in Community -Prepare your Gift
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Acts 2:42-47 (CSB)
DEVOTION is a DECISION
Because Jesus was FULLY DEVOTED to us, we can live lives FULLY DEVOTED to Him.
Acts 2:38-39 (CSB)
Acts 15:5, 8-11 (CSB)
What you are DEVOTED to is shaping your DESTINY.
There are 4 Essential Areas of Devotion from
Acts 2:42 (CSB)
TEACHING
FELLOWSHIP
BREAKING OF BREAD
PRAYER
[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS
DECISION of DEVOTION:
21 days of prayer
One year bible reading
Message by Pastor Josiah Thomas
Acts 2:22-24, 36-38 (NLT)
There's a SOURCE
Acts 2:22-24 (NLT)
John 14:6 (NLT)
John 3:16-17 (NLT)
There's a STRUCTURE
Ephesians 2:8-9 (NLT)
Romans 10:9 (NLT)
Acts 13:40-42 (NLT)
Acts 15:7-11 (NLT)
Message by Pastors Tyler Sollie, Tyler Schaefer and Jeff Davis
Luke 2:45-52 (CSB)
Where are you going to be found this next year?
Where is the anxiety?
Where is the necessity?
Where is the growth?
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Luke 2:4-12 (CSB)
The gift of Christmas is not the wrapping
Information
Proximity
Encounter
Redemption and Relationship
Romans 5:1-2 (CSB)
Message by Pastor Andy Rosas
Luke 2:25-38 (CSB)
Daniel 10:12-14 (CSB)
James 1:2-4 (NIV)
Trials will come
The trials are a test; therefore, they have a time period
We are to be joyful during them. BECAUSE YOU KNOW
Trials develop perseverance
Trials help us to become mature and complete
The trials help us to lack nothing
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Matthew 1:18-25 (CSB)
The Good News and Great Joy of Christmas declares: To those who are OVERWHELMED, you can OVERCOME
4 requirements of moving from overwhelmed to overcoming:
The move from overwhelmed to overcoming requires TRUST
The move from overwhelmed to overcoming requires an anchor of TRUTH: God is WITH US
Matthew 1:23b (CSB)
The move from overwhelmed to overcoming requires BRAVERY
The move from overwhelmed to overcoming requires SURRENDER
Luke 1:26-38 (CSB)
Romans 8:31-37 (CSB)
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[NEXT STEPS] SAY YES TO JESUS OVERWHELMED AND READY TO OVERCOME
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Luke 2:8-10 (CSB)
Luke 2:11-20 (CSB)
The Good News and Great Joy of Christmas declares: YOU'RE NOT LEFT OUT
Good News, Great Joy makes an INVITATION
John 3:16 (CSB)
"The gospel is an exclusive truth but it's the most inclusive exclusive truth in the world." -Tim Keller
Good News, Great Joy comes with an EXPECTATION
LUKE 9: 23-25 (CSB)
Good News, Great Joy helps us take hold of SOMETHING BETTER
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie and Pastor Kenton Lee
Psalm 34:1 (CSB)
1 Thessalonians 5:18 (CSB)
THREE THANKFUL PRACTICES:
THANKFULNESS REQUIRES REFLECTION
THANKFULNESS REQUIRES DIRECTION
THANKFULNESS REQUIRES EXPRESSION
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Acts 14:19-23 (CSB)
A church that is COMMITTED to the gospel is a church that CONTINUES to GET BACK UP
Don't be surprised by OPPOSITION
2 Corinthians 11:24-29 (CSB)
Just because you have been KNOCKED DOWN doesn't mean you have to STAY DOWN
Proverbs 24:16 (CSB)
Getting back up isn't about MY STRENGTH, it's about the strength of MY SAVIOR
Galatians 6:17 (CSB)
[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS
GET BACK UP
Message by Pastor Garrett Werner
Joshua 1:1-3, 5 (CSB)
Numbers 14:24-25 (CSB)
Joshua 14:6-13 (CSB)
Loyalty
Long-Suffering: having or showing patience in spite of troubles, especially those caused by other people.
Joshua 14:11 (CSB)
Joshua 14:11-12 (CSB)
Let me at ‘em
Judges 2:7, 10 (CSB)
Message by Pastor Eric Boles
Jericho: The Thrill of Victory
Joshua 6:10 (CSB)
Joshua 6:18-19 (CSB)
Ai: The Agony of Defeat
Joshua 7:1 (CSB)
Joshua 7:7-9 (CSB)
Joshua 7:10-11 (CSB)
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Joshua 4:1-7 (CSB)
Lesson #1: Don't miss what God is DOING in the MIDDLE
Lesson #2: You can't BORROW faith, but you can DEPOSIT it
2 Timothy 1:5; 14 (CSB)
Joshua 4:19-24 (CSB)
Lesson #3: Your MARKER MOMENT is a MESSAGE for others
Lesson #4: The God who made a way is still making a way
[NEXT STEPS] SAY YES TO JESUS REMEMBER & SHARE
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Joshua 3:1-5, 14-17 (CSB)
God's plan always includes His provision
An IMPOSSIBILITY is always an OPPORTUNITY for a miracle.
The Prompt
The Preparation
The Position
The Purpose
The Promise
1 Peter 1:13 (CSB)
Message by Pastor Christi Villarias
Joshua 1:2-8 (ESV)
1) God given opportunities will bring discomfort
Joshua 1:2 (ESV)
2) God given opportunities require adjusting our attention
Psalm 1:2 (ESV)
3) God given opportunities look like work
James 1:22-25 (ESV)
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Joshua 1:1-5 (CSB)
God's FAITHFULNESS is a reminder for our FUTURE
His Legacy: Powerful
Faithful
Present
1 Peter 1:13 (CSB)
[NEXT STEPS] YES TO JESUS HONOR THE PAST -write down your story/legacy to examine CROSS OVER -attend each week, participate in the group guide & don't live in the past
Message by Pastor Jeff Davis
You can overcome worry and anxiety with prayer and praise
Philippians 4:4 (CSB)
Philippians 4:6-7 (CSB)
"What does your anxiety do? It does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but it does empty today of its strength." - Ian Maclaren
Steps to Overcoming Worry: 1. Remember your worry isn't helping
1 Peter 5:6-7 (CSB)
- Practice being prayerful
If it's big enough to worry about, it's big enough to pray about.
Luke 18:1 (CSB)
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (CSB)
- Lead with thankfulness
Colossians 4:2 (CSB)
Habakkuk 3:17-18 (CSB)
Daniel 6:10 (CSB)
- Experience God's peace
Philippians 4:7 (CSB)
Isaiah 26:3 (CSB)
"Peace is not the absence of trouble, but the presence of God." - J. Oswald Sanders
Psalms 103:1-5 (CSB)
Philippians 4:6-7 (CSB)
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (CSB)
You can’t control what happens TO YOU, but you can control how you FILTER IT.
GOAL: Take you thoughts captive
HOW: Actively challenge and change your filter
Three Reframing Truths:
It’s not just WHAT you SEE, it’s HOW you SEE what you SEE
Numbers 13:27-32 (CSB)
You’ll never have a positive LIFE with a negative MIND
Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me really sucks. As a result of the hell I’ve been through, I’m giving up on Church, and I’m not so sure about this whole Jesus thing. I’m just ready to die in this prison. Philippians 1:12-13 NWV (New Whiners Version)
Philippians 1:12-13 (CSB)
Don’t filter GOD through your CIRCUMSTANCES, filter your CIRCUMSTANCES through the GOODNESS of GOD
Proverbs 3:5-6 (CSB)
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[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS
CLEAN OUT THE FILTER
GET CONNECTED AT LIFE CENTER
Message by Pastor Garrett Werner
Romans 12: 1-2 (CSB)
Rut: a place you get stuck.
Trench: a place you fight from.
RECOGNIZE
Romans 8:5-6 (CSB)
RESET
Romans 12:2 (CSB)
REFLECT
Philippians 4:8 (CSB)
[Next Steps:]
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Say yes to Jesus
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Join the Study Guide
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Your life is always moving in the direction of your STRONGEST THOUGHT
Philippians 4:6-9 (CSB)
2 Timothy 1:7 (CSB)
GOAL: REMOVE the lies & REPLACE with truth
HOW: Replace FEAR with FOCUS
3 focus principles in replacing lies with truth:
When fear is the root, worry will be the fruit
Powerful faith comes through purposeful focus
Proverbs 23:19 (CSB)
What you focus on is important, who you focus on is imperative
[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS
JOIN THE STUDY -- LC App, LifeCenter.com
REPLACE FEAR WITH FOCUS
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Romans 12:9-10 (CSB)
Dishonoring OTHERS never leads me to deeper HONOR of GOD
Three practices to integrate honor as a habit
Give honor WILLINGLY
Proverbs 3:27 (CSB)
Give honor AUTHENTICALLY
Romans 12:9 (CSB)
Give honor GENEROUSLY
Romans 12:10 (CSB)
[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS
HONOR HABIT
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
John 8:31-32 (CSB)
- God's Love is TRANSACTIONAL
The Truth: Gods love is ESTABLISHED. My love FOR Him is a response to His love FOR me.
Romans 5:8 (CSB)
- God's number one priority should be my HAPPINESS
The Truth: Gods number one priority is my SALVATION, REDEMPTION and TRANSFORMATION.
Ephesians 1:7 (CSB)
- God only pays attention to my "SPIRITUAL" LIFE
The Truth: God delights in EVERY PART of our lives.
Psalm 139:1-3, 16-18 (CSB)
- God's grace has LIMITS
The Truth: There is nothing TOO FAR GONE that God's grace cannot RESTORE.
Romans 8:38-39 (CSB)
- The gospel is for OUTSIDERS
The Truth: The Gospel doesn't just GET US IN, it KEEPS US IN & GROWS US UP.
Colossians 2:6 (CSB)
[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS
GOSPEL TRANSFORMATION
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Matthew 11:28-30 (MSG)
Psalms 96:1-3 (CSB)
5 Mobility Exercises to Improve Our Reach:
R - Remember you WERE reached
E - Embrace the mission PERSONALLY
Matthew 28:18-20 (CSB)
A - ABIDE in Jesus
C - Choose to SEE beyond YOU
Judges 2:10 (CSB)
Psalms 78:1-7 (CSB)
H - HOPE is the fuel and the focus
Romans 10:13-15 (CSB)
[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS - TODAY IS YOUR DAY TO RECEIVE THE REACH
INVITE SOMEONE NEXT WEEK
Message by Pastor Garrett Werner
Matthew 11:28-30 (MSG)
Our ability to read determines where our lives will lead.
Our willingness to be read determines how we handle what lies ahead.
Read the Word
Psalms 119:9-16 (CSB)
Read the Room
Mark 10:17-22 (CSB)
Read your Mail
Matthew 7:3-5 (CSB)
[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS
30 DAYS "BIBLE FIRST"
JOIN THE LC BIBLE READING PLAN
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Matthew 11:28-30 (MSG)
Psalms 23:1-3 (CSB)
3 Practices of Renewal:
- RECREATE
1 Corinthians 10:31 (CSB)
- REJOICE
Proverbs 17:22 (CSB)
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (CSB)
- REST
Isaiah 40:28-31 (CSB)
[NEXT STEPS]
YES TO JESUS - our true rest and renewal
REFUSE TO COMPLAIN for 5 days at work
RENEW through Recreation and Rest
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Matthew 11:28-30 (MSG)
Psalm 51:3-12 (CSB)
Repentance is a gift that works.
You can't repent of what you refuse to recognize
Revelation 2:2-5 (CSB)
You can't restore what you refuse to repent of
1 John 1:8-9 (CSB)
Repentance leads us to rest
Psalms 32:1-5 (CSB)
[NEXT STEPS]
YES TO JESUS
PRACTICE THE RHYTHM OF REPENTANCE OF (What?) TO (Who?) ON (When?)
GET CONNECTED
Message by Pastor Andy Rosas
Matthew 24:9-10 (CSB)
Matthew 18:15-17 (CSB)
Tell them your hurt ALONE
If they don’t want to listen, bring someone with you next time
If they still won’t listen, tell the church
Romans 12:18-19 (CSB)
Message by Pastor Brian McCormack from Reach Church
Silas SERVES
Silas SUFFERS
Acts 16:16-24 (CSB)
Silas SINGS
Acts 16:25-34 (CSB)
Silas STAYS
May you BE someone like Silas, May you BEFRIEND someone like Silas, As you follow the one Silas was like.
Message by Pastor Eric Boles
Identity, Destiny, Legacy
2 Timothy 1:6-8 (CSB)
2 Timothy 2:2 (CSB)
2 Timothy 2:14-17 (CSB)
2 Timothy 3:1-5 (CSB)
2 Timothy 3:14-17 (CSB)
2 Timothy 4:6-8 CSB)
Message by Pastor Wes Davis of Newlife Church
John 15:5 (NLT)
The strongest connections come from MISSIONAL FRIENDSHIPS
Acts 11:21 (NLT)
Acts 11:25 (NLT)
What are the benefits of missional friendships? 1- Mutual Encouragement
Hebrews 10:24-25 (NLT)
2- Shared Gifts
1 Peter 4:10 (NLT)
3- Wisdom for Life
Proverbs 13:20 (NLT)
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Romans 12:1-2 (CSB)
What we are formed by will determine what we are formed into.
Three Focuses of Transformation: - His Mercy - His Method - His Mission
Acts 1:8 (CSB)
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Psalm 103:8 (CSB)
Sometimes grace looks a lot like HITTING a LADDER at 70 MPH.
Jonah 1:17-2:10 (NLT)
Sometimes grace looks a lot like a FISH coming to SWALLOW you.
Two keys about God's deliverance: -God's deliverance isn't deserved -God's deliverance is greater than our desperation
Two vital truths: -God HEARS -God HELPS
[NEXT STEPS]
YES TO JESUS
SEE GOD'S GRACE
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Ephesians 2:8-10 (CSB)
John 21:3-17 (CSB)
Grace looks a lot like BREAKFAST on the BEACH
In Jesus we find: -The REACH of God -The RECEPTION of God -The RESTORATION of God
[NEXT STEPS]
YES TO JESUS
RECEIVE THE RECEPTION
EXTEND THE RECEPTION
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Galatians 5:22-23 (ESV)
2 Peter 1:3-8 (CSB)
Self-control is saying YES to the IMPORTANT and NO to the IMPULSIVE
Two obstacles to self-control: -Exhaustion -Entitlement
Proverbs 25:28 (NLT)
Two keys to overcome the obstacles: -Spirit Empowerment -Self-Denial
Matthew 16:24 (CSB)
Galatians 5:24-25 (CSB)
[NEXT STEPS]
YES TO JESUS
REJECT THE PATH OF IMPULSE (PURSUE THE IMPORTANT)
SPIRIT EMPOWERMENT & SELF DENIAL
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Galatians 5:22-23 (ESV)
A life filled with gentleness is willing to walk the path of self-forgetfulness
1 Timothy 6:11-12 (CSB)
Isaiah 40:10-11 (CSB)
I use gentleness as an EXCUSE for PASSIVITY
I see gentleness as an OBSTACLE to PRODUCTIVITY
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.” ― Saint Francis de Sales
5 Tests of Gentleness:
Test #1: Words
Did my words benefit others, or just myself?
Test #2: Tone
Does my tone build a bridge or a barrier?
Test #3: Actions
What do my actions reveal about what is going on internally?
Test #4: Intention
What is my REAL intention?
Test #5: Reactions
Do my reactions need to be rewired?
Ephesians 4:1-3 (CSB)
[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS
EMBRACE THE PATH OF SELF-FORGETFULNESS
ENGAGE "THE 5 TESTS" THIS WEEK
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
John 10:10 (NIV)
Galatians 5:22-23 (ESV)
The fruit of a FULL LIFE grows in the soil of a FAITHFUL LIFE
Luke 18:9-14 (CSB)
God's faithfulness HUMBLES ME
God's faithfulness builds HOPE IN ME
Lamentations 3:22-24 (CSB)
Philippians 1:6 (CSB)
Our faithfulness brings HONOR TO HIM
2 Thessalonians 3:3 (CSB)
[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS
PURSUE HUMILITY
BUILD HOPE AND HONOR
Message by Pastor Christi Villarias
Psalm 34:8 (ESV)
Galatians 6:8-9 (ESV)
- His goodness is my reality
Psalm 34:8 (ESV)
Exodus 33:19 (ESV)
- His goodness as my refuge
Nahum 1:7 (ESV)
- His goodness as my focus
Psalm 73:1-3 (ESV)
- His goodness as my guide
Galatians 6: 8- 9 (ESV)
[NEXT STEPS]
1) God help me shift my focus this week.
2) God help me be a reflection of your goodness.
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
John 10:10 (NIV)
Romans 2:4 (NLT)
God's Kindness… -MEETS us -MATURES in us -MOVES through us
Galatians 5:22-23 (ESV)
Ephesians 4:32 (ESV)
Colossians 3:12 (ESV)
KINDNESS LEADS us to be more like Jesus
Titus 3:4-6 (ESV)
KINDNESS LOVES those who have done nothing to deserve it
KINDNESS LENDS itself to those who have been unkind to us
Luke 6:32-34 (ESV)
KINDNESS LIVES out generosity
Romans 2:4 (NLT)
[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS - Accept His Kindness
LIVE OUT KINDNESS - Mature and Move in it
CONNECT WITH US
Message by Pastor Andy Rosas
Galatians 5:22-23 (NLT)
- God's timing is never early and never late
2 Samuel 12:16-23 (NIV)
2 Samuel 12:24 (NIV)
- God's timing is always gracious
Genesis 12:1-3 (NIV)
Genesis 17:5 (NIV)
- God’s timing allows for the WAIT FOR IT MOMENTS
Genesis 12:10-13 (NIV)
Genesis 20:1-2 (NIV)
James 2:23 (NIV)
Luke 22:31-32 (NLT)
[Next Steps]
I am going to say yes to Jesus
I am going to invite the Holy Spirit to develop my fruit
I am going to wait for it
Message by Pastor Eric Boles
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Peace is the Fruit, the Spirit is the Root
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To have Peace around you, you must have Peace within you
Isaiah 26:3 (NLT)
Isaiah 26:3 (NIV)
- Miracle Growth ingredients for Peace - Prayer and Gratitude
Philippians 4:6-7 (NLT)
- Real Peace is not a denial of reality...but the full picture of reality
2 Kings 6:15-17 (NLT)
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
John 10:10 (NIV)
Galatians 5:22-23 (ESV)
Philippians 4:4 (ESV)
Experiencing a life filled with joy requires a CONVICTION that is bigger than your CIRCUMSTANCES
3 dynamics of joy:
Joy requires FAITH
Joy reestablishes FOCUS
Joy remembers a FUTURE
John 15:11 (ESV)
[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS
LET JOY REESTABLISH FOCUS
JOIN THE JOURNEY -- GET A BOOK AND JOIN A GROUP
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
John 10:10 (NIV)
Galatians 5:22-23 (ESV)
Life focused on SELF
Life focused on THE SPIRIT
Galatians 5:16 (NLT)
You will never find FULL LIFE living EMPTY of LOVE
Love has a SOURCE
1 John 4:7-10 (ESV)
Love has a STANDARD
1 John 4:11-12 (ESV)
Love has a SECURITY
1 John 4:18-19 (ESV)
[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS
JOIN US IN THE STUDY
GET CONNECTED
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Luke 24:1-12 (ESV)
Are you searching for life in dead places?
The one who is life was surrounded in death so that we who are dead can be surrounded in life
None of this matters if Jesus is still in the grave
1 Corinthians 15:1-4, 12-20 (ESV)
The path to a full life starts at an empty grave
John 10:10 (ESV)
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Jesus took on and was surrounded by everything WE ARE so we could receive and be surrounded by everything that HE IS.
Six Moments Leading to Good Friday:
- A Meal
Mark 14:22-25 ESV
- Agony in the Garden
Mark 14:32-38 ESV
- A Kiss of Betrayal
Mark 14:43-45 ESV
- Abandonment From His Disciples
Mark 14:50 ESV
Mark 14:53-54 ESV
- Anguish in the Beating
Mark 15:15-20 ESV
- Alone on the Cross
Mark 15:33-39 ESV
What looked like the greatest moment of defeat and isolation became the path to victory and the gift to be surrounded by the life and love of God.
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Good God
Good plan & purpose
Good creation
The tragedy of sin
God's work to undo what our sin has done
Jesus entered the city to undo the tragedy that happened in the garden of eden
John 12:12-19 (ESV)
The tragedy of sin brought separation and death
The triumph of God's good plan surrounds us in His life and love
The King came to us
The King came to fulfill (band up)
Zechariah 9:9 (ESV)
The King came to undo
It's not just a story to know, it is a hope to be surrounded by
[NEXT STEPS]
YES TO JESUS
LET THE KING UNDO
Message by Pastor Garrett Werner
Ephesians 2:18-22 ESV
A Building
Luke 4:16 ESV
Acts 17:2 ESV
A Body
Ephesians 4: 11-12, 15-16 ESV
“The bonds of fellowship are strong at Life Center. It is a place where you can find unique and caring friendships. In a world that is hectic and impersonal, Life Center enjoys genuine, loving fellowship among its people… Life Center is a community of God’s people who worship in joy, serve in joy and believe that God wants people to enjoy life to its fullest potential.” -The Joy of Belonging, 1988 Harold F Gray
A Bride
Ephesians 5:22-24 ESV
Ephesians 5:21 ESV
Ephesians 5:25, 28-32 ESV
Ephesians 6: 10-12 ESV
A Battle
Matthew 16:18 ESV
[NEXT STEPS:]
Invite someone to Easter
Sign up for Rooted
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Luke 19:10 (ESV)
There is no one too risky or beyond the reach of Jesus.
Mark 2:13-17 (ESV)
He REACHED
He RECEIVED
He RECLINED
Am I willing to trust the reach of Jesus?
Will I reach, even when it requires risk?
Philemon 1:6 (ESV)
Jesus not only SAVES sinners, He LOVES sinners.
1 Timothy 1:15-16 (NLT)
[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS
REACH AND RISK FOR EASTER
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Matthew 6:19-24 (ESV)
Is God in your wallet?
Leviticus 19:9-10 (NLT)
3 Stewardship Principles:
Principle One: It's not about what you make - it's about what you DO with what you MAKE
Principle Two: It takes both DESIRE and DESIGN
“The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.” - Vince Lombardi
Principle Three: Your heart FOLLOWS where you place your treasure
[NEXT STEPS]
YES TO JESUS
GET TRAINING - Financial Freedom
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Matthew 28:16-20 (ESV)
Jesus hasn't CHANGED nor is He CONFUSED about the direction of His mission.
The PATH we travel
The landscape may be changing, but the one who has authority hasn't.
Matthew 28:18 (ESV)
The PART we play
Matthew 28:19 (ESV)
We are becoming disciples of Jesus who make disciples of Jesus.
"One aspect of world that I have been able to identify as harmful to Christians is the assumption that anything worthwhile can be acquired at once. We assume that if something can be done at all, it can be done quickly and efficiently. Our attention spans have been conditioned by thirty-second commercials... There is a great market for religious experience in our world; there is little enthusiasm for the patient acquisition of virtue, little inclination to sign up for a long apprenticeship in what earlier generations of Christians called holiness." - Eugene Peterson | A Long Obedience in the Same Direction
The PROVISIONS for the Journey
Matthew 28:20 (ESV)
We have everything we need when we have Jesus.
John 10:10 (NIV)
[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS
GET ON THE PATH
INVITE OTHERS INTO THE JOURNEY
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Mark 10:17-22 (ESV)
The life you have been given is meant to be INVESTED not just SPENT
Everyone is living an existence, Not everyone is living a purpose.
4 Traps That Keep Us From Making the Most of Life:
CONTROL tomorrow
Matthew 6:27 (ESV)
CHANGE yesterday
Philippians 3:13-14 (ESV)
COMPARISON of another
2 Corinthians 10:12 (ESV)
The key to despising the life you have is to measure it by what someone else has.
CENTERED on self
The more self-centered I live, the less LIFE I experience.
Matthew 23:11-12 (ESV)
[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS
GET OUT OF THE TRAP -- Control of tomorrow, Change yesterday, Comparison, Centered on Self
SIGN UP FOR SERVE DAY -- invest in blessing
Message by Pastor Andy Rosas
John 10:10 (NIV)
The Curse
We have an enemy…
I Peter 5:8 (NIV)
John 10:10 (NIV)
1 John 3:8 (ESV)
The Challenge
Ephesians 6:10-12 (NIV)
The Cure
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (NIV)
The Bible, God’s Words
Hebrews 4:12-13 (NIV)
Prayer, asking God for help
James 5:13-18 (NIV)
The Armor of God
Ephesians 6:10-11 (NIV)
Be Nice
Romans 12:17-21 (NIV)
Don't fight alone, find community
Hebrews 10:24-25 (NIV)
Let's do this together
Luke 10:1,17-20 (NIV)
[NEXT STEPS:]
Say Yes to Jesus
I am going to embrace the Cure
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Romans 5:2-5 (ESV)
James 1:2-4 (ESV)
We have a savior who suffered FOR US and WITH US
The presence of suffering doesn't mean there is an absence of God or His goodness
Daniel 3:14-18 (ESV)
Pain doesn't bring God PLEASURE
Pain isn't PERMANENT
Pain isn't always PUNISHMENT
Pain can serve a PURPOSE
"God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts to us in our pain: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” - C.S. Lewis | The Problem of Pain
[NEXT STEPS]
Yes to Jesus - He suffered FOR YOU, that you could know LIFE
Practice God’s Presence - remember as you face pain, trials, challenges or suffering, God isn’t absent.
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Hebrews 1:1-3 (ESV)
Communication Develops Closeness
S - Scripture
P - Prompting
E - Experiences
A - Authority
K - Knowledge
Adjust what I BELIEVE: Trust that He desires to speak to you
Adjust my POSITION: Focus your life to hear
1 Samuel 3:10 (ESV)
Adjust my RESPONSE: Do what He Says
Matthew 17:5 (ESV)
[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS
ADJUST MY POSITION TO HEAR
ADJUST MY RESPONSE TO OBEY
Message by Pastor Garrett Werner
Exodus 3:13-14 (ESV)
God has a Name
God has a Nature
“… Nothing will so enlarge the intellect, nothing so magnify the whole soul of a man, as a devout, earnest, continued investigation of the great subject of the Deity.” -Spurgeon
Matthew 3:16-17 (ESV)
John 16:7-10 (ESV)
God has an Intent
Genesis 1:28 (ESV)
Genesis 2:18, 20-22 (ESV)
Matthew 9:36-38 (ESV)
John 16:7 (ESV)
[Next Steps]
Stand On/Kneel Before
Make Room
Accept His Invitation
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Hebrews 10:32-11:1 (ESV)
Confidence isn't about trusting in YOUR PERSONALITY, it's about trusting in GOD'S PROMISES.
Hebrews 11:6 (ESV)
Confidence is built in knowing you have something better.
The PLACE of confidence
The PRICE of confidence
Hebrews 11:1 (ESV)
The PACE of confidence
“The early Christians rejoiced when they were deemed worthy to suffer for what they believed. In those days the Church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles o popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society.” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
[NEXT STEPS]
YES TO JESUS
PICK UP YOUR CONFIDENCE
ACTIVATE YOUR FAITH
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Hebrews 10:23-25 (ESV)
Community is a choice
Just because you CAN do life alone doesn't make it wise.
Three reasons we need biblical community:
-We all need a CATALYST
-We all need AGAPE
-We all need CONFRONTATION and COMFORT
[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS - Jesus welcomes us into community with Him, that is where Life is found
CHOOSE COMMUNITY - I will come out of spiritual isolation, so that I can receive and that I can give
REGISTER FOR ROOTED
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Hebrews 10:19-22 (ESV)
Drawing closer to Christ happens BY CHOICE, it doesn't happen BY CHANCE.
Two dangers of settling for distance: 1. Distance Dulls 2. Distance Dilutes
John 15:4-5 (ESV)
The solution to our distance: DRAW NEAR
James 4:6-8 (ESV)
[Next steps]
Say yes to Jesus
Participate in week of prayer and fasting
Register for Rooted
Message by Pastors Tyler Sollie, Sami Ceja, Jesse Lowery, Christi Villarias and Jeff Davis
Philippians 2:5-8 NLT
Isaiah 9:6 NLT
Is it time to exchange worry for peace?
Matthew 6:25-27, 31-34 NLT
Inquiry
Intention
Present
Perseverance
Peace can become personal but it is only found in a person: Jesus
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
For every HURT, there is a HEALER.
Luke 4:16-21 (NLT)
We can't hope for a HEALTHY FUTURE while choosing to hold on to the HURTS of the PAST.
What will my response be?
HARBOR the Hurt
HONOR the Hurt
HEAL the Hurt
Psalm 147:3 (NLT)
Psalm 34:18 (NLT)
[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES to Jesus
EXCHANGE HURT for HEALING -- Invite Jesus into the healing process
REGISTER FOR ROOTED -- take steps toward growth and healing in community with other followers of Jesus.
Message by Pastor Eric Boles
My Gift
Romans 7:14-15, 18-19, 24 (NLT)
His Gift
Romans 7:25 (NLT)
Romans 8:1-2, 15-16 (NLT)
The Exchange
Galatians 5:22-23 (NLT)
[Next steps]
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Make a list of what you need/want more of from Jesus.
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What are you willing to exchange for it.
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Apathetic faith will only lead to a pathetic outcome.
Philippians 2:5-8 (NLT)
Jesus doesn't just give compassion to me; He wants His compassion to work through me.
Three Enemies of Compassion:
"Poor Me" Mentality
Entitlement Mentality
Consumer Mentality
Three Keys to Compassion:
To exchange apathy for compassion, you have to open your eyes
Matthew 14:14-15 NLT
To exchange apathy for compassion, you have to allow Jesus to use what you have
Matthew 14:16-18 NLT
To exchange apathy for compassion, you have to rely on Jesus
Matthew 14:19-21 NLT
[NEXT STEP]
YES To Jesus
PUT COMPASSION IN ACTION - Sign up to help with Christmas Meals – Break apathy with compassion in action.
REGISTER FOR ROOTED.
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
1 John 4:7-11, 19 (ESV)
Jesus has a mission for you that is bigger than you
We care about the mission of Jesus
Matthew 28:18-20 (ESV)
We care about the focus of the mission: People
John 10:10 (ESV)
Our caring has to start somewhere, but it can't stop with an event
[NEXT STEPS]
YES to Jesus
CARE through GIVING
CARE through GOING
Message by Pastor Eric Boles
Love
Romans 12: 9-10 (NLT)
Bless
Romans 12: 14-16 (NLT)
Live in Peace
Romans 12: 17-21 (NLT)
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Romans 12:9-10 (ESV)
Luke 10:29-37 (ESV)
We can't settle for "not being a bad neighbor". Jesus calls us to be a good neighbor.
Are we improving our neighboring?
Who can I be a good neighbor to?
How can I be a good neighbor?
[NEXT STEPS]
1-SAY YES TO JESUS -- He is the true and better neighbor. He met us in our brokenness. He picks us up. He carries us toward healing. He pays the price.
2-REFLECT and ADJUST -- Actions, Attitudes, Availability
3-EXPAND YOUR CIRCLE -- Lean in, Listen, Love
Message by Pastor Andy Rosas
Matthew 6:21 (NIV)
Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)
Proverbs 3:9-10 (NIV)
Giving activates divine law that releases the work of God in our private world.
Malachi 3:6-12 (NIV)
God responds to our giving by opening up opportunities to receive divine provision both directly and indirectly.
Luke 6:38 (NIV)
God desires that we receive abundantly and have more than enough so as to become a liberal giver.
Acts 20:35 (NIV)
[Next Steps]
I want to say YES to Jesus
I am going to trust
I am going to tithe
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Romans 12:16-18 (ESV)
Politics may get my VOTE, but only God gets my HEART.
Matthew 22:21-22 (ESV)
"To be a Christ follower is to be faithful amid tension. To stay engaged, to remain hopeful, to love anyway, to walk with integrity, and to bear witness to the love, mercy, and grace of Christ. This is becoming increasingly difficult, but such is our call as followers of Jesus." - Eugene Cho | Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk
The TENSION of SIDES
Matthew 22:36-40 (ESV)
The TENSION of ALLEGIANCE
Matthew 6:33 (ESV)
The TENSION of HOW
Matthew 5:13-16 (ESV)
[NEXT STEPS]
YES to Jesus
Commit to daily prayer for the upcoming election and for unity in our nation and in the church
Message by Pastor Andy Rosas
Faithfully following Jesus will require an ongoing yes
Luke 22:31-32 (NIV)
Following Jesus FORMS PURPOSE in our lives
John 1:40-42 (NIV)
Failure in our relationship with Jesus FRACTURES our PURPOSE
John 18:25-27 (NIV)
Forgiveness from Jesus FORTIFIES our PURPOSE
John 21:1-17 (NIV)
[NEXT STEPS]
SAY YES TO JESUS - He wants to bring PURPOSE
DEAL WITH THE FRACTURE - maybe there is a place where failure has you on the sideline and it is time to deal with the fracture
COMMIT TO THE ONGOING YES - faithfully following Jesus is going to take us off the map
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
To trust God's direction in the uncharted moments of life, there will be a price tag.
RUTH 1:8, 15-18 (NLT)
When the cost of a "Yes" to God's direction feels high, remember the reward is always higher
Small "Yes's" have big implications
Ruth 2:2 (NLT)
You might not see the full fruit of your "Yes"
Ruth 4:17 (NLT)
[NEXT STEPS]
YES TO JESUS - He came to Redeem You!
Take action on the small YES
Take a courageous step to come alongside of someone else this week
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
We can be led by our EXCUSES or we can be led by GOD, but we can't be led by BOTH.
The Excuse of INSECURITY
Exodus 3:11-12 ESV
The Excuse of INEXPERIENCE
Exodus 3:13-14 ESV
The Excuse of FEAR
Exodus 4:1-2 ESV
The Excuse of INADEQUACY
Exodus 4:10-11 ESV
The Excuse of RELUCTANCE
Exodus 4:13 ESV
[Next Steps]
YES TO JESUS
IDENTIFY THE EXCUSES that are keeping you from moving forward. Let God replace the excuses with His TRUTH.
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Hebrews 11:8 (ESV)
Genesis 12:1-4 (ESV)
Faith will be required to follow God's voice off the map
Faith that follows has a "Yes" and takes a step
“People are meant to live in an ongoing conversation with God, speaking and being spoken to.” -Dallas Willard | Hearing God
S - Scripture
P - Prompting
E - Experiences
A - Authority
K - Knowledge
Next Steps
1 - Say Yes to Jesus
2 - Create Space for God to Speak
3 - Join the 21 Day Journey
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Luke 15:25-32 (ESV)
Jesus came to rescue those who are broken by rebellion and those who are blinded by religion
"For certain types of people, grace is not only amazing, it is also infuriating." -Kenneth Bailey
5 indicators that an elder brother heart is developing:
ANGER because of ACCEPTANCE
RESENTMENT instead of REJOICING
PRIDE in PERFORMANCE
CONDEMNATION instead of COMPASSION
RESISTANCE in RECEIVING
[Next Steps]
1- Say Yes to Jesus
2- Deal with the 5 indicators
3-Join the Search
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Rescue is received, not earned
Luke 15:1-2, 11-24 (ESV)
Your WORTH never changes
God's LOVE never changes
Your TRUE HOME never changes
Psalm 32:5 (NLT)
[Next Steps]
Say yes to Jesus - come home, receive the rescue
Receive value - I will rest in the grace of Jesus, knowing that He has given me worth
Invite someone in - I will make room for someone else to experience this hope
Message by Pastor Eric Boles
Luke 15:1-2 (NLT)
When you know He is paying attention, you will no longer need it from someone or somewhere else
Luke 15:8-10 (NLT)
Luke 12:6-7 (NLT)
NEXT STEPS
-Say Yes to Jesus
-Be present with Jesus every day
-Who will you be present with this week?
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Luke 15:1-7 (ESV)
What you SEARCH for reveals what is VALUABLE to you.
Ezekiel 34:11-16 (ESV)
LOST THINGS matter to God
Lost things are VULNERABLE
Where the religious saw VILLIANS to be avoided, Jesus saw VULNERABLE people who needed rescue.
Lost things are VALUABLE
Where the religious saw VAGABONDS and nuisance, Jesus saw people created in the image of the Father who had VALUE.
“Joy is the serious business of heaven.” -C.S. Lewis
NEXT STEPS
1 - SAY YES TO JESUS
2 - MAKE A PRAYER LIST / begin to carry people in your heart through praying for them daily.
3 - JOIN JESUS IN THE SEARCH / this week reach out to one person. Engage them in love, invite them to church, talk about your journey with Jesus
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Judges 16:19-22 ESV
Your waste is no match for His grace
“Failing forward is the ability to get back up after you have been knocked down, learn from your mistake, and move forward in a better direction." -John Maxwell
Failure is an EVENT, not a PERSON
Failure doesn't have to be FATAL
Failure is redeemed through REPENTANCE, not just REMORSE
2 Corinthians 7:10 ESV
Next Steps
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Say "Yes" to Jesus
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I will "get back up" through repentance
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I will let redemption be my identity
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
ALL OF US HAVE THE CAPACITY WITHIN TO TAKE STEPS IN THE DIRECTION OF DESTRUCTION.
THROUGH GOD’S GRACE, WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TAKE STEPS IN THE DIRECTION OF DESTINY.
Proverbs 16:25 (NLT)
BIG FAILURES START WITH SMALL STEPS
STEPS OF CONTINUED COMPROMISE
Judges 16:1-4 (ESV)
STEPS OF CALLOUSED CONSCIENCE
Judges 16:15-17 (ESV)
STEPS OF CARELESS CONCEIT
Judges 16:20 (ESV)
Next Steps:
1 - SAY YES TO JESUS
2 - I WILL MEASURE MY STEPS
3 - I WILL ADJUST THE TRAJECTORY
4 - I WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Message by Pastor Garrett Werner
Judges 13:1-5 ESV
DESIRE
Judges 14:1-9 ESV
“If your passions are untamed your gift is going to be abused, misused, and devastating.” -Ravi Zacharias
EGO
Judges 15:14-16 ESV
1 Samuel 17:45-47 ESV
REBELLION
Judges 14:4 ESV
Attitude Matters.
It’s not about doing the right thing, it’s about developing the right heart.
Psalm 51:16-17 NLT
Next Steps:
Say YES to Jesus.
Deal with my Desires.
Check my Ego.
Message by Pastor Andy Rosas
Psalms 23:4 (ESV)
I. WHAT TO REMEMBER IN DARK VALLEYS
- VALLEYS ARE INEVITABLE
John 16:33 (NIV)
- VALLEYS ARE UNPREDICTABLE
Jeremiah 4:20 (LB)
- VALLEYS ARE IMPARTIAL
Matthew 5:45 (LB)
- VALLEYS ARE TEMPORARY
1 Peter 1:6 (LB)
2 Corinthians 4:17 (NEB)
- VALLEYS ARE PURPOSEFUL
1 Peter 1:6b-7 (Ph)
II. WHAT TO DO IN DARK VALLEYS
- REFUSE TO BE DISCOURAGED
Colossians 1:11 (NCV)
- REMEMBER THAT GOD IS WITH ME
Isaiah 43:2 (LB)
- RELY ON GOD'S PROTECTION AND GUIDANCE
Psalms 34:19 (LB)
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
NOTHING WILL TRANSFORM AND EQUIP YOUR LIFE LIKE GOD’S WORD.
Psalms 119:9-16 ESV
5 WAYS GOD'S WORD BRINGS STABILITY IN OUR LIVES:
God's Word is our FOUNDATION
Matthew 7:24 ESV
Hebrews 6:18 MSG
Hebrews 13:8 ESV
God's Word is our FOOD
Matthew 4:4 ESV
God's Word is our MIRROR
Hebrews 4:12 ESV
James 1:22-25 ESV
God's Word is our WEAPON
Ephesians 6:13-17 ESV
God's Word is our TEACHER
2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV
Psalms 119:105 ESV
[NEXT STEPS]
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Say YES to Jesus
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Start a Bible reading PLAN and start ENGAGING this week in scripture
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Memorize Psalms 119:11
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Psalm 100 (ESV)
WHEN THANKFULNESS FEELS LIKE A STRETCH, PAUSE AND REMEMBER: WE ARE SECURE IN GOD’S GOODNESS
1 Thessalonians 5:18 (ESV)
PAUSE & PRACTICE AWARENESS
PAUSE & PRACTICE APPLICATION
If we want to live THANKFUL, we need more DEPOSITS than WITHDRAWALS. This requires a PAUSE.
[NEXT STEPS]
1 - I am SAYING YES TO JESUS
2 - I will take the 7 DAY THANKFUL CHALLENGE. Over the next 7 Days, I will daily take time to PAUSE & PRACTICE AWARENESS & APPLICATION. I will cultivate the outlook of my life - publicly expressing thanks to God about something each day.
3 - I will SERVE SOMEONE ELSE as an overflow of how God has served me
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Psalm 54:1-7 (ESV)
In the moment of UPHEAVAL, remember you have a God who UPHOLDS you.
Pivot your CALL
Pivot your CONFESSION
Pivot your COMMITMENT
NEXT STEPS:
1 - Say YES to Jesus and embrace forgiveness, freedom and new life.
2 - I will PAUSE and pivot my focus from the UPHEAVAL to my UPHOLDER (I will bring God to my attention)
3 - I will PAUSE and pivot my call - I will bring it to God’s attention (I will bring my need to God’s attention)
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
A life without a pause is a life that will lack accurate perspective.
When life has no pause we make the mistake of finding our identity and purpose in our momentum.
When we neglect the call to pause, we confuse motion with productivity.
Psalm 34:1-10 ESV
PAUSE AND ASK... WHAT TIME IS IT?
PAUSE AND ASK... WHAT AM I MAGNIFYING?
PAUSE AND ASK... WHAT AM I ACTUALLY SEEKING?
PAUSE AND ASK... WHAT AM I CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING?
NEXT STEPS:
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I am making the decision to embrace new life by trusting in Jesus. I am turning from my old life and starting a new one through His grace and forgiveness.
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I will PAUSE and make intentional time to “Bless the Lord” this week, creating space to tangibly thank Him, praise Him and honor Him for all He has done.
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I will PAUSE in order to de-magnify the things that distract me in my faith and I will magnify the Lord this week. I will do this by ________.
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I will be active and bold in my faith by inviting someone to join me next weekend (online or in person).
Message by Pastor Christi Villarias
Judges 6:1-5, 11-17 ESV
His timing makes no sense
Who He calls makes no sense
The secret of Victory makes no sense
Proverbs 3:5-8 ESV
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
2 Peter 3:18 NLT
2 Peter 1:3-8 NLT
WHAT YOU ARE PLANTED IN WILL DETERMINE HOW YOU GROW
THE FRUIT OF GRACE WON’T EXIST WITHOUT YOUR ROOTS IN GRACE
GRACE FOR THE UNKNOWN
GRACE FOR THE UNEASY
GRACE FOR THE UNHOPEFUL
Message by Pastor Eric Boles
Joshua 24:14-15 NLT
Joshua 1:1-2, 6-9 NLT
Joshua 1:12-15 NLT
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
2 Corinthians 5:17-19 NLT
Philemon 1:1-12, 15-18, 21 NLT
An encounter with the Grace of Jesus that doesn't move us toward greater expressions of unity is a counterfeit.
The implications are transformational
The application is not optional
The implementation is work
Message by Pastors Tyler Sollie, Jesse Lowery and Jeff Davis
Acts 1:4-8 NLT
Three realities of why the arrival of the Holy Spirit matters for us: -Personal -Powerful -Purposeful
The ministry of the Holy Spirit is not a luxury; it’s an absolute necessity.”
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
People of the Mission
Acts 9:1-19 NLT
WITH JESUS, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A “TOO FAR GONE” PERSON
3 things to embrace as people of the mission:
-JESUS WILL INTERRUPT OUR MISSION TO GET US ON HIS
-JESUS IS MORE INTERESTED IN HIS CAUSE THAN OUR COMFORT
-THE ROLE YOU PLAY AND THE ‘YES’ YOU SAY MATTERS TO THE MISSION
Message by Pastor Garrett Werner
Mark 5:1–20 ESV
What storm are you in right now?
What needs to look different?
Colossians 3:10-11 MSG
Who will you tell?
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Have you ever had a moment that you needed HELP and all you received was PITY?
Luke 7:11-17 NLT
What you are feeling is not forgotten by God.
You are… VALUED
You are… SEEN
You are… KNOWN
“To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything.” -Tim Keller
Psalm 139:1-6 NLT
Message by Pastor Andy Rosas
John 4:1-42 NLT
God will go out of His way to bring you hope
First Discovery: Jesus brings hope to the forgotten
Second Discovery: Jesus brings hope to a Village
Third Discovery: Jesus has to go out of His way to teach His disciples how to love the forgotten
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Luke 19:1-10 NLT
Our limitations and liabilities will never stop the relentless pursuit of Jesus
No matter the limitation or the liability - Jesus sees someone to love.
John 10:3 NLT
The reach of Jesus creates a response
Message by Pastors Tyler Sollie and Eric Boles
John 10:9-11 NLT
Facing a challenge doesn’t mean that Jesus’ promise is void.
Challenging moments can become preparation moments
Bringing us back to the essentials
Revelation 2:4-5 NLT
Building faith muscle
Hebrews 11:1, 6 NLT
Belief that God is good and faithful in every season
Romans 8:28 NLT
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Matthew 28:1-7 NLT
THE HOPE OF A FULL LIFE IS REVEALED IN AN EMPTY TOMB
AN END TO DEATH AND A NEW BEGINNING OF LIFE
John 1:4-5 NLT
AN END TO DARKNESS AND A NEW BEGINNING OF LIGHT
John 8:12 NLT
AN END TO DISTANCE AND A NEW BEGINNING OF LOVE
John 3:16 NLT
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
WHAT JESUS PURCHASED FOR US MUST BECOME PERSONAL.
“FATHER, FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.” -Luke 23:34
GRACE
“I ASSURE YOU, TODAY YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE.” -Luke 23:43
HOPE
“DEAR WOMAN, HERE IS YOUR SON." -John 19:26
HUMANITY
“MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?” -Mark 15:34
SUBSTITUTE
“I AM THIRSTY.” -John 19:28
ANGUISH
“IT IS FINISHED.” -John 19:30
COMPLETE
“FATHER, I ENTRUST MY SPIRIT INTO YOUR HANDS.” -Luke 23:46
TRUST
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Matthew 21:1-11 NLT
HOW WE SEE JESUS SHAPES WHAT WE EXPECT FROM HIM
KING
JESUS IS THE KING WHO CAME TO US
SAVIOR
SUBSTITUTE
Isaiah 53:4-6 NLT
WHO IS THIS?
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
1 Peter 1:3-9 NLT
REFINING MOMENTS ARE DEFINING MOMENTS
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS — WE WIN!
Romans 8:35-39 NLT
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
Acts 1:8 NLT
Acts 3:1-8 NLT
WHAT OUR WORLD NEEDS IS NOT A CHURCH THAT HAS BEEN ENTERTAINED BY A SERVICE, OUR WORLD NEEDS A CHURCH THAT HAS BEEN EQUIPPED AND EMPOWERED BY THE SPIRIT.
POWER FOR EVERYDAY MOMENTS
POWER FOR OPEN EYES
POWER TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE HAVE, NOT WHAT WE LACK
POWER TO MAKE JESUS KNOWN
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS ALWAYS BEEN FAITHFUL TO LEAD AND DEVELOP HIS CHURCH AND OUR CHARACTER — AND HE WONT STOP NOW
FEAR ISN’T FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT — FRUITFULNESS IS
2 Timothy 1:7 NLT
FAITH above FEAR and WISDOM
Galatians 5:22-25 NLT
HOW DOES THE HOLY SPIRIT WANT TO USE THIS MOMENT TO CULTIVATE GREATER FRUIT IN MY LIFE?
HOPE FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT DOESN’T JUST FILL US — HOPE FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT OVERFLOWS THROUGH US
Romans 15:13 NLT
HOW DOES THE HOLY SPIRIT WANT TO POSITION US FOR HOPE TO OVERFLOW?
BE THE CHURCH
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
John 14:27 NLT
John 16:8-15 NLT
YOU CAN’T HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMETHING THAT ISN’T A PERSON.
If we want the Holy Spirit to become PERSONAL, we need to recognize characteristics of the PERSON.
MIND = He has thoughts
WILL = He makes choices
EMOTIONS = He has feelings
VOICE OF DIRECTION
Acts 8:29 NLT
Acts 10:19 NLT
VOICE OF DISRUPTION Conviction isn’t a bad thing.
VOICE OF DELIGHT
Galatians 4:6-7 NLT
Romans 8:15-17 NLT
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
John 16:7 NLT
John 14:16-17 NLT
WILL I MAKE ROOM FOR WHAT JESUS SAYS IS GOOD?
PASSIVE AWARENESS vs. ACTIVE PRESENCE
From our Statement of Faith: We believe there is one God who is the Creator and the Leader of the universe. He eternally exists in three persons: the Father (God), the Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit. (Gen. 1:1; Matt. 28:19)
HE IS MY PRESENT HELPER
We should expect our NEW life with God, the Holy Spirit to be radically different from our OLD life without Him.
HE IS MY PRESENT FRIEND
The dynamic, full life Jesus promised to believers is a natural outgrowth of intimate friendship with God, the Holy Spirit. -Robert Morris
HE IS MY PRESENT GOD
4 Week Prayer Challenge: “Holy Spirit, reveal yourself today in my life."
Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie
We live in a culture that is fluent with the use of the word LOVE, but anemic in the practice of LOVE.
Ephesians 5:1-2 NLT
LOVE THAT IS MOVING TOWARD MATURITY CONSIDERS WHAT IT CAN GIVE, NOT JUST WHAT IT CAN GET.
WE GIVE LOVE BECAUSE… -IT’S OUR IDENTITY -WHAT’S IN US SHOULD COME THROUGH US -WE FOLLOW THE LEADER
LOVE LOOKS FOR AN OPPORTUNITY
Message by Pastors Tyler & Amber Sollie
1 John 4:7-12 NLT
-REAL LOVE IS A CHOICE
5 Characteristics of Lasting Love: 1. LASTING LOVE MAKES A DECISION EVERY DAY
- LASTING LOVE GOES FIRST
John 15:12 NLT
- LASTING LOVE MAKES ROOM
Colossians 3:12-15 NLT
Ephesians 4:2 NLT
-You may have married the perfect person, but remember that perfect person isn’t perfect.
- LASTING LOVE FIGHTS FOR AUTHENTICITY
Romans 12:9 NLT
- LASTING LOVE LOOKS FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BE THANKFUL
Colossians 3:15 NLT
Message by Pastor Andy Rosas
Love is not rude. So... be TACTFUL, not just TRUTHFUL.
Proverbs 18:13 (MSG)
Ephesians 4:31-32 (CEV)
Proverbs 16:21 (GNT)
Love does not demand its own way. So... be UNDERSTANDING, not DEMANDING.
Titus 3:2 (GW)
Luke 6:31 (NIV)
Love is not irritable. So... be GENTLE, not JUDGMENTAL.
Galatians 6:1 (NCV)
Ecclesiastes 10:4 (NLT)
Love keeps no record of wrongs. So... DON'T REPEAT IT, DELETE IT!
Mark 11:25 (AMPC)
Proverbs 10:12 (GNT)
Proverbs 19:11 (GNT)
Job 18:4 (GNT)
Message by Pastor Garrett Werner
1 John 4:7–12 ESV
Love is Obedient
Philippians 2:8 ESV
Isaiah 49:15–16 ESV
Obedience requires Fundamentals
“The plain and simple Gospel suits best for any people…” -Richard Allen
Obedience requires Faith
1 John 4:12, 20 ESV
Obedience requires Focus
1 Corinthians 12:12-27 NLT
The Church I See is DEVOTED
WE DON’T JUST GO TO CHURCH, WE ARE THE CHURCH
"Don't let who you were keep you from who you are becoming." - Bob Goff
YOU HAVE A PLACE TO BELONG
YOU MAKE UNITY YOUR DESTINATION
YOUR ATTITUDE STAYS IN CHECK
YOU DISCOVER YOUR PLACE AND MOVE FROM DOING CHURCH TO BEING THE CHURCH
"If you handed someone a Bible and after they read it you asked: what’s a church? What’s the chance they would say it’s a building, a business, an institution or an organization? I’d say zero.” - Wes Davis | People Becoming The Church
Hebrews 10:24-25 NLT
Jeremiah 29:4-14 NLT
THE CHURCH I SEE IS… NOT JUST IN A CITY, IT IS A CHURCH FOR OUR CITY.
Mark 1:17 NLT
"The church became a refuge from the world rather than a force in the world." "The church became a fortress from the world rather than the hope of the world.” -Erwin McManus | Unstoppable Force
DO WE WANT A TANK FOR US OR TRANSFORMATION FOR ALL?
Jonah 3:10-4:3, 4:9-11 NLT
"Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve" - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Psalms 78:1-7 NLT
Psalms 78:4 MSG
THE CHURCH I SEE IS…
DEVOTED TO REACHING GENERATIONS
2 Kings 20:19 NLT
2 Kings 22:8-11 NLT
THE RESPONSE WITHIN ME
THE RESPONSIBILITY I HAVE BEYOND ME
WHAT WE DO WILL LIVE BEYOND US,
WHAT WE DON’T DO WILL LIVE BEYOND US
MISSION OVER PREFERENCE
THE RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO ME
Matthew 16:18 NLT
The Church:
Both PLACE and PEOPLE.
ACTS 2:42-47 NLT
THE CHURCH I SEE IS…
DEVOTED TO KNOWING JESUS AND MAKING HIM KNOWN
John 17:3 NLT
Don’t settle for… A WEEKLY ROUTINE, WHEN YOU CAN HAVE A DAILY REALITY
Don’t settle for… MORE INFORMATION VOID OF LIFE ALTERING INTIMACY
2 Peter 1:3 NLT
Don’t settle for… ACCIDENTAL DEVOTION — MOVE TOWARD INTENTIONAL DEVOTION
They Encourage us to BELIEVE
They Challenge us to CHANGE
They Remind us to GIVE
BIG IDEA: THE ARRIVAL OF JESUS REVEALS...BELIEVING IS GREATER THAN SEEING
Luke 1:39-45 NLT
You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what he said
Seeing is Believing
Believing is Seeing
John 20:29 NLT
What we believe influences how we behave
BELIEVING UNLOCKS BELONGING
Acts 16:31 NLT
BELIEVING UNLOCKS BOLDNESS
Hebrews 10:35, 39 NLT
BELIEVING UNLOCKS BLESSING
Hebrews 11:1 NLT
Hebrews 11:6 NLT
When we refuse to BELIEVE, we neglect the BENEFIT
Biblical faith never asks us to deny realities, it simply invites us to recognize a greater reality
Are you willing to Believe even when you do not See?
Are you willing to Obey even when you do not Understand?
Are you willing to Wait even when things seem Hopeless?
Small hearts only have room for self
Matthew 1:23 NLT
Small hearts rehearse the pain
Philippians 4:6-8 NLT
Small hearts need intervention
Colossians 3:11-17 NLT
Matthew 1:18-23 (NLT)
IN A WORLD WEIGHED DOWN WITH LONELINESS AND ISOLATION THE ARRIVAL OF JESUS REVEALS WE HAVE A WITH US GOD
John 1:1-2, 14 (NLT)
ISOLATION WAS NEVER THE PLAN
Genesis 2:18 (NLT)
ISOLATION IS OFTEN THE PRODUCT OF PRIDE
Proverbs 18:1 (ESV)
ISOLATION ENABLES FACADES
Proverbs 27:17 (NLT)
ISOLATION BUILDS WALLS BUT JESUS BUILDS BRIDGES
Romans 8:31 (NLT)
Jesus faced loneliness and isolation for us at the cross, so that we would never have to spend another day alone or isolated from the love of God.
What’s my PATH?
Matthew 7:13-14 NLT
THE ROAD YOU TRAVEL ALWAYS DETERMINES YOUR DESTINATION
What’s my FRUIT?
Matthew 7:20 NLT
THE NATURE OF THE TREE ALWAYS DETERMINES THE NATURE OF THE FRUIT
What’s my CLAIM?
Matthew 7:21-23 NLT
WHO YOU KNOW DETERMINES THE REWARD YOU GET
1 John 2:3 NLT
What’s my FOUNDATION?
Matthew 7:24 NLT
WHAT YOU BUILD ON ALWAYS DETERMINES THE STABILITY AND THE FINISH
Matthew 7:7-11 NLT
DO I SEE PRAYER AS A LAST RESORT OR A FIRST RESPONSE?
Think Relational vs. Transactional
Think Dialogue vs. Monologue
Think Being Changed vs. Only Seeing change
Think Delight vs. Duty
PRAY WITH PERSISTENCE - REMEMBER THAT THE CURRENT REALITY ISN'T THE FINAL REALITY
PRAY WITH PURSUIT - REMEMBER THAT RELATIONSHIP IS THE GOAL
Jeremiah 29:13 NLT
PRAY WITH TRUST - REMEMBER THAT GOD IS GOOD
Matthew 7:1-5 NLT
Since I don’t see as clear as I think I do... A critical spirit says more about ME than it does about THEM.
CHECK YOURSELF
Psalm 139:23-24 NLT
LOOK FOR A STANDARD DISPARITY
Without humility it is hard to be helpful.
KEEP THE GRACE YOU HAVE RECEIVED IN VIEW
John 3:16-17 NLT
Matthew 5:48-6:1 NLT
IT’S NOT JUST WHAT YOU DO, BUT WHY YOU DO IT.
Matthew 6:2-3 NLT
Matthew 6:5-6 NLT
Matthew 6:16-18 NLT
When it comes to the actions of following Jesus:
MOTIVATIONS MATTER
The HEART of our HABITS
“The greater the demand for holiness, the greater the opportunity for hypocrisy.” - D.A. Carson
The DIRECTION of our DEVOTION
Hosea 6:6 NLT
Matthew 5:21-48 NIV
The Heart Test - Your current world view
The Heart Dilation - Opening my heart for a closer look
The Heart Exam - A deeper look inside my heart
The Heart Prescription - The Call and invitation to clearer vision and life
Romans 13:8 NIV
Matthew 5:1-12 NLT
BLESSING IS NOT FOUND IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND YOU, BUT IN WHAT GOD DESIRES TO CULTIVATE WITHIN YOU.
JESUS IS WORKING FOR MY GOOD AND HIS GLORY — NOT MY COMFORT
CHALLENGES AROUND ME HELP REFINE THE CHARACTER WITHIN ME
IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE A “BLESSED" EXTERNAL LIFE AND AN IMPOVERISHED INTERNAL LIFE
JESUS IS MORE CONCERNED WITH THE PERSON I AM BECOMING THAN WITH THE PERSON I HAVE BEEN
WHEN JESUS’ VALUES AND VIEWS ARE DIFFERENT THAN MINE — HE ISN’T THE ONE WHO NEEDS TO ADJUST
Acts 1:4-8 NLT
Acts 14:19-20 NLT
WITH JESUS INVITATION TO FOLLOW COMES HIS PROMISE TO FILL
Jesus followers are ordinary people who have not only been FORGIVEN but who also have been FILLED by an extraordinary God.
WILL I LIVE AWARE?
Ephesians 1:13 NLT
Romans 8:11 NLT
WILL I EMBRACE THE PURPOSE?
WILL I TAP INTO THE SOURCE?
The power of the Holy Spirit is not a luxury, it is a necessity.
Genesis 1:27 NLT
Luke 10:25-29 NLT
Ephesians 2:14-18 NLT
Amos 3:3 NLT
2 Corinthians 5:17-21 NLT
Ephesians 4:32 ESV
- We can’t just receive it, we have to extend it.
Matthew 5:23–24 ESV
Luke 17:3–4 ESV
1 John 1:9–10 ESV
- Resist Bitterness
2 Timothy 4:14–16 ESV
- Forfeit your right to retaliate
"The tragedy of revenge is that so often it is the warm gulf waters over which hurricanes of violence will circle. Small winds of injustice, whether real or perceived, swirl about, each increasing and bringing about more retaliation. One act of revenge leads to another. With each rotation, the cycle picks up speed, and a full-scale storm begins. Before you know it, more are sucked into the violence, and the cycle gets bigger"
- Chris Brauns, Unpacking Forgiveness
- Do your part.
Romans 12:18-21 ESV
Matthew 4:18-22 NLT
THE LIFE THAT JESUS INVITES US INTO IS ANYTHING BUT COMMON
Isaiah 55:8-9 NLT
A NEW IDENTITY
John 10:10 ESV
A NEW ASSIGNMENT
There is authority for the assignment
Know Jesus, Make Jesus Known
2 Kings 5:8-15 NLT
OBEDIENCE STARTS IN THE HEART
1 John 2:3-6 MSG
The Challenge:
-IT DEMANDS HUMILITY
-IT REQUIRES FAITH
James 2:17 NLT
Under every behavior is a belief
Obedience is the highest form of worship
What is the simple thing Jesus is asking you to do?
How we view God will shape how we respond to Him.
Luke 15:17-24 NLT
ATTENTIVE
ACTIVE
ABUNDANT
Romans 2:4 NLT
Rags to a ROBE
Rejection to a RING
Separation to SANDALS
Funeral to a FEAST
Will we turn toward home?
1 Corinthians 9:24-26 NLT
IS THE FINISH IN FOCUS?
2 Timothy 4:6-8 NLT
Two Problems & Two Principles to keep in mind:
PROBLEM: When we live like there is no finish line
A FINISH LINE IS GUARANTEED
PROBLEM: When we assume there shouldn't be a fight
THE FIGHT ISN'T JUST TO FINISH,
THE FIGHT IS TO FINISH FAITHFUL
2 Timothy 4:9-11 NLT
Run...to Win
1 Corinthians 9:24-25 NLT
Judges 6:14-16 NLT
Train...to Win
1 Corinthians 9:26-27 NLT
Matthew 28:18-20 NLT
1 Corinthians 9:22-27 NLT
WHAT ARE YOUR SPIRITUAL VITAL SIGNS?
Everyone is living an EXISTENCE, Not everyone is living a PURPOSE
RUN WITH GROWTH IN MIND
Stress + Rest = Growth
RUN TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Ephesians 2:8-10 NLT
RUN FOR A “WELL DONE"
Hebrews 12:1-2 NLT
1 Corinthians 11:23-33 NLT
LOOK BACK
LOOK AHEAD
LOOK IN
LOOK AROUND
John 19:30 NLT
THREE KEY WORDS OF REST: IT IS FINISHED
Communion reminds us:
We don’t work FOR salvation, we RECEIVE it.
Matthew 12:9-14 NLT
3 ways we can miss the point:
ENGAGING THE PRACTICE WITHOUT THE HEART
TREATING TIME ONLY AS A MASTER AND MISSING THE MEANING
Chronos:
What time is it?
Kairos:
What is this time for?
APPROACHING SABBATH AS BURDEN INSTEAD OF BLESSING
Psalms 34:8 NLT
Matthew 11: 28-30 MSG
Luke 10: 38-42 ESV
Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life
Humble
Philippians 2: 3–4 ESV
Luke 10: 40 ESV
John 15: 5 ESV
Helpful
“I cannot think of a single advantage I’ve ever gained from being in a hurry. But a thousand broken and missed things, tens of thousands, lie in the wake of all that rushing. Through all that haste, I thought I was making up time. It turns out I was throwing it away.”
-Mark Buchanan, The Rest of God
Luke 10: 30-34, 37 ESV
Luke 10: 38 ESV
Happy
Matthew 11:28-30 (NLT)
JESUS INVITES US IN TO EXPERIENCE HIS REST IN THE MIDST OF WORK
Matthew 11:28-30 (MSG)
“In a culture where busyness is a fetish and stillness is laziness, rest is sloth. But without rest, we miss the rest of God: the rest he invites us to enter more fully so that we might know him more deeply. “Be still, and know that I am God.” Some knowing is never pursued, only received. And for that, you need to be still.”
-Mark Buchanan | The Rest of God
WORK ISN’T AN ENEMY
Genesis 2:15 (NLT)
REST ISN’T A REWARD
OUR ASSIGNMENT IN OUR WORK AND REST IS TO BRING GLORY TO GOD
Psalm 42:1-2 (NLT)
John 7:37-38 (NLT)
THE ONLY SOLUTION TO OUR UNLIMITED NEED IS AN UNLIMITED SAVIOR.
“The soul is never satisfied until it finds its rest in God.”
- Augustine
WHAT IS THE THIRST THAT DRIVES ME?
WHAT IS THE SOURCE I LOOK TO?
Jeremiah 2:13 (NLT)
WHAT IS FLOWING OUT OF MY LIFE?
Matthew 7:24 (NLT)
Proverbs 17:17 (ESV)
Mark 2:1-12 (NLT)
FOCUS ON THE TYPE OF FRIEND YOU ARE CALLED TO BE,
NOT JUST THEY TYPE OF FRIEND YOU THINK YOU NEED.
RECOGNIZE the need
REACH beyond self
RISK to make room
You’re a masterpiece...in progress
Ephesians 2:8-10 NIV
The best is yet to come...
Ephesians 3:20 NIV
Don’t fight for...fight from
Ephesians 6:10-18 NIV
Matthew 7:24 NLT
We don’t just need ADVICE, we need WISDOM.
James 1:5-8 NLT
THE PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE IN THE AREA OF FAMILY DON'T CHANGE BY ACCIDENT THEY CHANGE BY ATTENTION
INSTEAD OF CONTROL YOU WORK TOWARDS COMMITMENT
Philippians 2:4 NLT
INSTEAD OF CONFLICT YOU WORK TOWARD COMMUNICATION
James 1:19 NLT
INSTEAD OF CRITICISM YOU WORK TOWARD COMPASSION
Ephesians 4:29 NLT
Colossians 3:12 NLT
INSTEAD OF BEING CONSUMED YOU WORK TOWARDS CONNECTION
Proverbs 25:28 NLT
Matthew 7:24 NLT
2 Corinthians 8:1-9 NLT
-DO YOUR FINANCES REFLECT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES OR CONVICTIONS?
“The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.”
-Vince Lombardi
-I AM A STEWARD, NOT THE OWNER
Psalm 24:1 NLT
-Attitude > Amount
-I WORSHIP WITH WEALTH, I DON’T WORSHIP WEALTH
Matthew 6:24 NLT
Proverbs 3:9-10 NLT
-MY LIFE SHOULD REFLECT THE GENEROSITY OF GOD
Proverbs 11:24-25 NLT
Matthew 7:24-27 NLT
WE WANT A LASTING PRODUCT BUILDING WITH TEMPORARY MATERIALS
WE WANT THE STRENGTH AND SECURITY OF A WELL-ENGINEERED PLAN WITHOUT WANTING TO FOLLOW THE BLUE PRINTS
WE WANT AN EXCELLENT FINISHED PRODUCT WITHOUT THE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE DETAILS THAT MATTER
Hebrews 12:1-2 NLT
WHAT WE LOOK TO DETERMINES OUR DESTINY
3 Focus Mistakes:
-WHEN I BUILD FOCUSED ON WHAT OTHERS ARE BUILDING
-WHEN I BUILD FOCUSED ON PROVING SOMETHING
-WHEN I BUILD FOCUSED ON MY PLANS – THEN CONSULT JESUS LATER
Genesis 22:1-14 NLT
WHEN IT DOESN’T FEEL FAIR, REMEMBER HE IS FAITHFUL
WHEN THE TEST OF TRUST COMES, WHAT DOES MY HEART WANT OR VALUE MOST?
Faith doesn’t demand explanations, Faith rests in promises.
WHEN THE TEST OF TRUST COMES, WHAT IS “OFF LIMITS”?
God wanted Abraham’s heart, not Isaac’s life.
WHEN THE TEST OF TRUST COMES, WHAT IS MY REACTION?
TRUST & WORSHIP or BITTERNESS & RESENTMENT
Three words to declare:
HE IS FAITHFUL
Genesis 18:1-2 NIV
Genesis 18:16-22 NIV
Genesis 18:23-25 NIV
- Filter the Noise
Genesis 13:12-13 NIV
- Hear His Voice
Genesis 18:26-33 NIV
Ezekiel 16:49-50 NIV
Exodus 22:22-23 NIV
Psalm 37:16-18 NIV
- Use Your Voice
Genesis 19:14-17 NIV
Luke 18:6-8 NIV
Genesis 18:9-15 NLT
Genesis 21:1-6 NLT
HE WILL KEEP HIS PROMISES
HE SEES YOU – NOT JUST YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE
HE ISN’T DONE WRITING YOUR STORY
“IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD?”
BOX #1 – GOD CAN’T USE SOMEONE LIKE ME
Genesis 12:2 NLT
Do you need to feel like you’re in control?
BOX #2 – GOD NEEDS MY HELP
Genesis 16:1-2 NLT
PRINCIPLE #1: NEVER UNDERESTIMATE GOD’S POWER OR ABILITY
Isaiah 55:8 NLT
PRINCIPLE #2: TRUST GOD’S TIMING…HE HAS A PURPOSE FOR EVERY DELAY
Ecclesiastes 3:11 NLT
Proverbs 3:5 NLT
“It’s not unusual for God to be silent. Indeed, he has been silent far more than he has spoken. His silences are as eloquent as His sayings.” - John Phillips
PRINCIPLE #3: CHOICES HAVE CONSEQUENCES
GENESIS 16:4b-6 NLT
Genesis 16:13 NLT
Interview with Claude Badji
BOX #1: “GOD CAN’T USE SOMEONE LIKE ME”
Genesis 12:1-4 NLT
GOD IS NOT LOOKING FOR US TO BE GREAT SO THAT HE CAN BLESS US.
GOD DESIRES TO BLESS US TO REVEAL HIS GREATNESS.
DON’T DISQUALIFY WHAT GOD HAS QUALIFIED
1 Corinthians 1:26-31 NLT
WE ARE BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING
This blessing has a purpose BEYOND us
Ephesians 3:20 NASB
John 10:10 ESV
NONE OF THIS MATTERS IF JESUS IS IN THE GRAVE
Luke 24:1-12 ESV
IF THE TOMB IS FULL OUR HOPE IS EMPTY
BUT SINCE THE TOMB IS EMPTY OUR HOPE IS FULL
1 Corinthians 15:14 ESV
GOD PROVIDED A SAVIOR - AND IT ISN’T ME
EXPERIENCING A FULL LIFE BEGINS AT AN EMPTY GRAVE
TODAY CAN BE A NEW “FIRST DAY”
John 19:28-30 NLT
ONE MOMENT CHANGED EVERYTHING
THE TABLE
THE TRIAL
Luke 23:13-15 NLT
THE TORTURE
John 1:29 NLT
THE TEMPLE
Hebrews 10:19-23 NLT
THE TOMB
“But such is the paradox of grace. Death is the doorway to life. Hopelessness is the entrance to hope. Weakness is the place to find strength. Injustice is where mercy flows. Life comes to those who deserve death. Defeat is actually a victory. The end is really a beginning. Out of sorrow comes eternal celebration. The tomb is the place where new life begins.”
-Paul Tripp
WHAT JESUS PURCHASED FOR US MUST BECOME PERSONAL
MATTHEW 21:1-11 NLT
-JESUS IS THE KING WHO CAME TO US
-INTENTIONAL
-WILLING
-POWERFUL
-COSTLY
Matthew 21:10 NLT
-WHO IS THIS?
Good News vs good advice
- We’ve Been Made Right...
Romans 5:1-2 NLT
Romans 4:1-4 NLT
- We Can Rejoice When...
Romans 5:3-5 NLT
Romans 4:16-20 NLT
- While We Were Still...
Romans 5:6-8 NLT
Philippians 2:12-16 NLT
TRUSTING THE GOSPEL DOESN’T JUST GET ME IN, IT ALSO GROWS ME UP
“The Gospel is not just the ABC’s of the Christian life, but the A to Z of the Christian life.”
-Tim Keller
MY PART IS PARTNERSHIP
I WORK OUT WHAT GOD WORKS IN
NEW DESIRES
NEW POWER
- Take time this week to pray and ask the Holy Spirit to shape NEW DESIRES
- Each morning this week – Speak out that God has given you POWER to please Him
- Reflect this week and see if there are places where you are not believing the Gospel, seen in your responses.
Colossians 2:6-15 NLT
THE GOSPEL ISN’T ABOUT MOVING ME FROM BAD TO GOOD,
IT’S ABOUT MOVING ME FROM DEAD TO ALIVE.
RIGHT STANDING IS NOT ACHIEVED,
RIGHT STANDING IS RECEIVED.
Ephesians 2:8-9 NLT
YOU SHOULD
YOU CAN
JESUS DID
Romans 5:21 NLT
Hebrews 5:11-6:1 ESV
-Fluency leads to Fruitfulness
Romans 10:17 ESV
-Hear
James 1:22-25 ESV
-Understand
Romans 2:4 ESV
-Communicate
Tyler Sollie
2 Kings 4:1-7 NLT
OBSTACLES BECOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR GOD TO SHOW UP
GOD STARTS WITH WHAT YOU HAVE
AS WE ARE FAITHFUL TO POUR, GOD IS FAITHFUL TO FILL
James 2:21-23, 26 NLT
THE FIRST STEP OF OBEDIENCE IS ALWAYS THE HARDEST
Join us for a conversation with Anne Rowley as she talks about what Uncommon Response looks like in her life.
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Christi Villarias
- YOUR RESPONSE IS TIED TO YOUR BELIEF
PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7 NLT
ROMANS 8:38-39 NLT
- THE BENEFIT OF RESPONDING IN PRAYER
A) YOUR HEART IS FILLED WITH JOY
PHILIPPIANS 4:8 NLT
B) YOU WALK CONFIDENTLY
PHILIPPIANS 4:12-13 NLT
C) YOU IMPACT THOSE AROUND YOU
PHILIPPIANS 4:4-5 NLT
Join us as Daniel and Holly Roso talk about an Uncommon Future.
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Philippians 3:1 NLT
Philippians 3:7-14 NLT
-UNCOMMON JOY LOOKS BEYOND TODAY
-VALUE THE RIGHT STUFF
-DON’T SETTLE
-Salvation isn’t knowing things about Jesus – It is knowing Him.
John 17:3 NLT
-PRESS ON
-EMBRACE HOPE
Philippians 3:20-21 NLT
Philippians 2:4 NLT
Philippians 2:5-11 NLT
UNCOMMON JOY LOOKS BEYOND ITSELF.
SELFLESSNESS LEADS TO A PLACE OF JOY THAT SELFISHNESS WILL NEVER EXPERIENCE.
THE BURDEN OF IMPRESSING OTHERS
Philippians 2:1-4 NLT
THE BURDEN OF SELF ELEVATION
“There can be no joy in the life of the Christian who puts himself above others.”
- Warren Wiersbe
THE BURDEN OF COMPLAINING & ARGUING
Philippians 2:14-18 NLT
Join us for a conversation with Life Christian Academy Headmaster Gus Martin about Uncommon Community.
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Conversation with life center church board member Justin Holmes about Uncommon Perspective in his life.
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-Philippians 1:1-5 NLT
-Philippians 1:6 NLT
-You See God at Work
-Philippians 1:12 NLT
-You Don’t Feel Trapped
-Philippians 1:20 NLT
-You Find Your Identity in Christ
-Philippians 1:27 NLT
-It Matters How You Live
Pastor Tyler Sollie shares his heart for the Uncommon Joy series and what that looks like in our daily lives.
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John 15:9-11 NLT
Philippians 4:4 NLT
JESUS CREATES A JOY THAT ISN'T AN ACCESSORY, ITS A CHARACTERISTIC.
Galatians 5:22-23 NLT
“Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose.”
-CS Lewis
THROUGH OUR CHOICES
THROUGH OUR CIRCUMSTANCES
THROUGH JESUS’ COMMITMENT
Ephesian 4:20-24 NLT
WE ARE BECOMING WHO WE ARE, DAY BY DAY AND DECISION BY DECISION
“The most common way people change their lives is that they become part of a community that makes change believable…Belief is easier when it occurs within a community.”
Charles Duhigg | The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life and Business
THROW OFF
What needs to be thrown off through the grace of Jesus?
BE RENEWED
Where does renewal and transformation need to take place?
PUT ON
What needs to be developed in my life through the work of the Spirit?
Proverbs 4:23 NLT
Matthew 7:22-23 NLT
-JESUS DOESN’T JUST WANT MY ACTIVITY, HE WANTS MY HEART.
-CONNECTION
John 15:4-5 NLT
-COMFORT
Luke 4:18-19 NLT
-CORRECTION
Jeremiah 17:9-10 NLT
Psalm 51:10 NLT
Words:
Psalm 19:14 NLT
- What are my words revealing?
Luke 6:45 NLT
- What are my words accomplishing?
Proverbs 18:21 NLT
Ephesians 4:29 NLT
ROMANS 12:1-2 NLT
THE DIRECTION OF MY LIFE IS CONNECTED TO THE DIRECTION OF MY THOUGHTS
Your thinking becomes your thoughts.
Your thoughts become your actions.
Your actions become your future.
-Dr. Caroline Leaf
SCRIPTURE
Hebrews 4:12 NLT
SPIRIT
John 14:16-17, 26 NLT
A GOOD DEFENSE
2 Cor. 10:5 ESV
A GOOD OFFENSE
Colossians 3:1-2 NLT
Philippians 4:8 NLT
Matthew 2:1-12 ESV
-After Jesus...you look for opportunities to be inconvenienced.
-After Jesus...you choose friends wisely
Proverbs 22:24-25 NLT
-After Jesus...you can have overflowing joy
John 15:11 NLT
-After Jesus...you think like Jesus thinks
Philippians 2:5-8 NLV
James 4:6 NLT
-After Jesus...you change the direction of you life
Luke 2:8-20 NLT
GIVING is Greater Than GETTING
Acts 20:35 NLT
IT’S NOT JUST A STORY TO KNOW, IT’S A SAVIOR TO WITNESS
IT’S FOR ALL
IT’S TO ME AND THROUGH ME
1 John 4:9 NLT
No Room
Luke 2:1-7 NIV
- The Vital Few vs The Trivial Many
Hebrews 12:1 NIV 2. Don’t look for room...Make Room!
Matthew 6:33 NIV
Proverbs 3:9-10 NIV
Luke 1:39-45 NLT
BELIEVING is Greater than SEEING
John 20:29 NLT
BELIEVING UNLOCKS BELONGING
BELIEVING UNLOCKS BOLDNESS
Hebrews 10:35 & 39 NIV
BELIEVING UNLOCKS BLESSING
Hebrews 11:1 & 6 NIV